Psalms 119:119
Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.
In Context
118Thou hast set at nought all them that err from thy statutes; for their deceit is falsehood.
120My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
Cross References
Psalms 119:47And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
Psalms 119:126It is time for the LORD to work; for they have made void thy law.
Jeremiah 6:30Refuse silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath rejected them.
Malachi 3:2But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap:
Matthew 7:23And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Matthew 13:49So shall it be in the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the righteous,
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:119-121
118 Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood. 119 Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies. 120 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments. Here is, I. God's judgment on wicked people, on those that wander from his statutes, that take their measures from other rules and will not have God to reign over them. All departure from God's statutes is certainly an error, and will prove a fatal one.… Read the whole commentary →