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Psalms 119:118
You reject all who stray from Your statutes, for their deceitfulness is in vain.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses God, positioning divine judgment on those who abandon divine decrees alongside his own plea for preservation through the law (Psalm 119:117–119).
The words — The Hebrew verb סָ֭לִיתָ (Sa.li.ta) literally means "you reject," directly linked to שׁוֹגִ֣ים (sho.Gim), "those who go astray," describing God's action toward those who leave His חֻקֶּ֑יךָ (chu.Kei.cha), "decrees."
The thread — The psalmist’s request to avoid straying appears in Psalm 119:10 and 29, while Psalm 119:21 records God rebuking the arrogant for that same departure.
Why it lands — The text states that God discards those who abandon His statutes because their deceitfulness produces nothing, requiring a reader to actively choose steadfast adherence over wandering.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.
Cross-references
- Psalms 119:10 With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me stray from Your commandments.
- Psalms 119:21 You rebuke the arrogant—the cursed who stray from Your commandments.
- Psalms 119:29 Remove me from the path of deceit and graciously grant me Your law.
- Isaiah 44:20 He feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”
- Isaiah 63:3 “I have trodden the winepress alone, and no one from the nations was with Me. I trampled them in My anger and trod them down in My fury; their blood spattered My garments, and all My clothes were stained.
- Ephesians 4:22 to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
- Ephesians 5:6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.
- 2 Timothy 3:13 while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
- Revelation 18:23 The light of a lamp will never shine in you again, and the voices of a bride and bridegroom will never call out in you again. For your merchants were the great ones of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.”
- Psalms 78:36 But they deceived Him with their mouths, and lied to Him with their tongues.