Psalm 119:118

Translations

Modern

You reject all who stray from Your statutes, for their deceitfulness is in vain.

Traditional

Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.

Literal

You have trodden down all those going astray from Your statutes, for their treachery is falsehood.

Latin

Sprevisti omnes discedentes a judiciis tuis, quia injusta cogitatio eorum.

Original

Hebrew

English

You reject all who stray from Your statutes, for their deceitfulness is in vain.

Notes

Psalms 119:113–120

Samekh (ס) is the fifteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet and marks the beginning of the next section of this psalm.

The psalmist declares his hatred of evil and his love for God and his ways.

Psalms 119:1–176

This psalm blends wisdom, lament, praise, thanksgiving, and confession. It often uses eight Hebrew words translated as:

“Instructions”
“law”
“words”
“commandments”
“statutes”
“judgments”
“promises”
“precepts“

These words encourage love for and obedience to God's instructions in the Scriptures (see 2 Timothy 3:14–17). A deep commitment to these instructions unifies the psalm.

Related verses

Psalm 119:10
With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me stray from Your commandments.
Psalm 119:21
You rebuke the arrogant—the cursed who stray from Your commandments.
2 Timothy 3:13
…while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
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.
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?”
Psalm 119:29
Remove me from the path of deceit and graciously grant me Your law.
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.
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.”
1 John 2:21
I have not written to you because you lack knowledge of the truth, but because you have it, and because no lie comes from the truth.
Malachi 4:3
Then you will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I am preparing,” says the LORD of Hosts.
Psalm 78:57
They turned back and were faithless like their fathers, twisted like a faulty bow.

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Topics

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Psalm 119:118

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