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They are only fooling themselves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/119.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />You spurn all who go astray from your statutes, for their cunning is in vain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/119.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />You reject all who stray from Your statutes, for their deceitfulness is in vain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/119.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit <i>is</i> falsehood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/119.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />You reject all those who stray from Your statutes, For their deceit <i>is</i> falsehood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/119.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />You have rejected all those who stray from Your statutes, For their deceitfulness is useless.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/119.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />You have rejected all those who wander from Your statutes, For their deceitfulness is useless.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/119.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Thou hast rejected all those who wander from Thy statutes, For their deceitfulness is useless.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/119.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />You have rejected all those who stray from Your statutes, For their deceitfulness is a lie.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/119.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />You have turned Your back on all those who wander from Your statutes, For their deceitfulness is useless.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/119.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You reject all who stray from your statutes, for their deceit is a lie.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/119.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You reject all who stray from Your statutes, for their deceit is a lie. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/119.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Thou hast set at nought all them that err from thy statutes; For their deceit is falsehood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/119.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You reject all deceitful liars because they refuse your teachings. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/119.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Thou hast set at nought all them that err from thy statutes; for their deceit is falsehood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/119.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />You reject all who wander away from your laws, because their lies mislead them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/119.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You reject everyone who disobeys your laws; their deceitful schemes are useless. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/119.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />You reject all who wander from your statutes, since their deceitfulness is vain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/119.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />You reject all who stray from Your statutes, for their deceitfulness is in vain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/119.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />You despise all who stray from your statutes, for they are deceptive and unreliable. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/119.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />You reject all those who stray from your statutes, for their deceit is in vain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/119.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/119.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />You reject all those who stray from your statutes, for their deceit is in vain. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/119.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />You have trodden down "" All going astray from Your statutes, "" For their deceit [is] falsehood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/119.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Thou hast trodden down All going astray from Thy statutes, For falsehood is their deceit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/119.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Thou didst make light of all going astray from thy laws, for their deceit is falsehood.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/119.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Thou hast despised all them that fall off from thy judgments; for their thought is unjust. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/119.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 118:118>You have despised all those who fell away from your judgments. For their intention is unjust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/119.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />You reject all who stray from your statutes, for vain is their deceit. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/119.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />You spurn all who go astray from your statutes; for their cunning is in vain.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/119.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Thou hast rejected all them that stray from thee; for their thought is ungodly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/119.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />You have rejected all who stray from you because their meditation is evil.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/119.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Thou hast made light of all them that err from Thy statutes; For their deceit is vain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/119.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Thou hast brought to nought all that depart from thine ordinances; for their inward thought is unrighteous.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/119-118.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=15647" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/119.htm">Your Word is a Lamp to My Feet</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">117</span>Uphold me, and I will be saved, that I may always regard Your statutes. <span class="reftext">118</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5541.htm" title="5541: sā·lî·ṯā (V-Qal-Perf-2ms) -- To make light of, toss aside. A primitive root; to hang up, i.e. Weigh, or contemn.">You reject</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/7686.htm" title="7686: šō·w·ḡîm (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- A primitive root; to stray, usually to mistake, especially to transgress; by extension to reel, be enraptured.">who stray</a> <a href="/hebrew/2706.htm" title="2706: mê·ḥuq·qe·ḵā (Prep-m:: N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Something prescribed or owed, a statute. From chaqaq; an enactment; hence, an appointment.">from Your statutes,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî·še- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/8649.htm" title="8649: tar·mî·ṯām (N-fsc:: 3mp) -- Perhaps treachery. And tarmuwth; or tarmiyth; from ramah; fraud.">their deceitfulness</a> <a href="/hebrew/8267.htm" title="8267: qer (N-ms) -- Deception, disappointment, falsehood. From shaqar; an untruth; by implication, a sham.">is in vain.</a> </span><span class="reftext">119</span>All the wicked on earth You discard like dross; therefore I love Your testimonies.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/30-5.htm">Proverbs 30:5-6</a></span><br />Every word of God is flawless; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him. / Do not add to His words, lest He rebuke you and prove you a liar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/8-9.htm">Jeremiah 8:9</a></span><br />The wise will be put to shame; they will be dismayed and trapped. Since they have rejected the word of the LORD, what wisdom do they really have?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/29-13.htm">Isaiah 29:13</a></span><br />Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/15-8.htm">Matthew 15:8-9</a></span><br />‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. / They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-21.htm">Romans 1:21-22</a></span><br />For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts. / Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_thessalonians/2-10.htm">2 Thessalonians 2:10-12</a></span><br />and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them. / For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe the lie, / in order that judgment may come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/1-22.htm">James 1:22</a></span><br />Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-19.htm">1 Corinthians 3:19-20</a></span><br />For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.” / And again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/44-20.htm">Isaiah 44:20</a></span><br />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?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/13-8.htm">Ezekiel 13:8-9</a></span><br />Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you have uttered vain words and seen false visions, I am against you, declares the Lord GOD. / My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and speak lying divinations. They will not belong to the council of My people or be recorded in the register of the house of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord GOD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/7-26.htm">Matthew 7:26-27</a></span><br />But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. / The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its collapse!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/3-8.htm">2 Timothy 3:8</a></span><br />Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/6-19.htm">Jeremiah 6:19</a></span><br />Hear, O earth! I am bringing disaster on this people, the fruit of their own schemes, because they have paid no attention to My word and have rejected My instruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/4-6.htm">Hosea 4:6</a></span><br />My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/12-48.htm">John 12:48</a></span><br />There is a judge for the one who rejects Me and does not receive My words: The word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">You have trodden down all them that err from your statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.</p><p class="hdg">trodden</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/25-10.htm">Isaiah 25:10</a></b></br> For in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/63-3.htm">Isaiah 63:3</a></b></br> I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people <i>there was</i> none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/malachi/4-3.htm">Malachi 4:3</a></b></br> And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do <i>this</i>, saith the LORD of hosts.</p><p class="hdg">err</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/119-10.htm">Psalm 119:10,21</a></b></br> With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/95-10.htm">Psalm 95:10</a></b></br> Forty years long was I grieved with <i>this</i> generation, and said, It <i>is</i> a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:</p><p class="hdg">their deceit</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/119-29.htm">Psalm 119:29</a></b></br> Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/78-36.htm">Psalm 78:36,37,57</a></b></br> Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/44-20.htm">Isaiah 44:20</a></b></br> He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, <i>Is there</i> not a lie in my right hand?</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/119-110.htm">Astray</a> <a href="/psalms/83-3.htm">Cunning</a> <a href="/psalms/119-29.htm">Deceit</a> <a href="/1_peter/2-1.htm">Deceitfulness</a> <a href="/psalms/119-117.htm">Decrees</a> <a href="/psalms/119-67.htm">Err</a> <a href="/psalms/119-69.htm">False.</a> <a href="/psalms/119-86.htm">Falsehood</a> <a href="/psalms/118-27.htm">Light</a> <a href="/psalms/119-86.htm">Nought</a> <a href="/psalms/116-3.htm">Overcome</a> <a href="/psalms/94-14.htm">Reject</a> <a href="/psalms/118-22.htm">Rejected</a> <a href="/psalms/119-117.htm">Rules</a> <a href="/psalms/77-7.htm">Spurn</a> <a href="/psalms/119-117.htm">Statutes</a> <a href="/psalms/119-110.htm">Stray</a> <a href="/psalms/119-113.htm">Thoughts</a> <a href="/psalms/58-7.htm">Trodden</a> <a href="/psalms/31-12.htm">Useless</a> <a href="/psalms/119-113.htm">Vain</a> <a href="/psalms/119-21.htm">Wander</a> <a href="/psalms/119-21.htm">Wandering</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/119-176.htm">Astray</a> <a href="/psalms/137-5.htm">Cunning</a> <a href="/psalms/120-2.htm">Deceit</a> <a href="/matthew/13-22.htm">Deceitfulness</a> <a href="/psalms/119-124.htm">Decrees</a> <a href="/proverbs/12-26.htm">Err</a> <a href="/psalms/119-163.htm">False.</a> <a href="/psalms/119-128.htm">Falsehood</a> <a href="/psalms/119-130.htm">Light</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-25.htm">Nought</a> <a href="/psalms/119-139.htm">Overcome</a> <a href="/psalms/132-10.htm">Reject</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-24.htm">Rejected</a> <a href="/psalms/119-124.htm">Rules</a> <a href="/proverbs/3-11.htm">Spurn</a> <a href="/psalms/119-119.htm">Statutes</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-25.htm">Stray</a> <a href="/psalms/137-6.htm">Thoughts</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-5.htm">Trodden</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-17.htm">Useless</a> <a href="/psalms/127-1.htm">Vain</a> <a href="/proverbs/5-6.htm">Wander</a> <a href="/psalms/119-176.htm">Wandering</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 119</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/119-1.htm">This psalm contains various prayers, praises, and professions of obedience.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">2. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/119-2.htm">Aleph.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/119-9.htm">Beth</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/119-17.htm">Gimel</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/119-25.htm">Daleth</a></span><br><span class="reftext">33. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/119-33.htm">He</a></span><br><span class="reftext">41. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/119-41.htm">Waw</a></span><br><span class="reftext">49. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/119-49.htm">Zayin</a></span><br><span class="reftext">57. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/119-57.htm">Heth</a></span><br><span class="reftext">65. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/119-65.htm">Teth</a></span><br><span class="reftext">73. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/119-73.htm">Yodh</a></span><br><span class="reftext">81. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/119-81.htm">Kaph</a></span><br><span class="reftext">89. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/119-89.htm">Lamedh</a></span><br><span class="reftext">97. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/119-97.htm">Mem</a></span><br><span class="reftext">105. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/119-105.htm">Nun</a></span><br><span class="reftext">113. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/119-113.htm">Samekh</a></span><br><span class="reftext">121. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/119-121.htm">Ayin</a></span><br><span class="reftext">129. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/119-129.htm">Pe</a></span><br><span class="reftext">137. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/119-137.htm">Tsadhe</a></span><br><span class="reftext">145. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/119-145.htm">Qoph</a></span><br><span class="reftext">153. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/119-153.htm">Resh</a></span><br><span class="reftext">161. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/119-161.htm">Sin and Shin</a></span><br><span class="reftext">169. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/119-169.htm">Taw</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/119.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/psalms/119.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>You reject all who stray from Your statutes</b><br>This phrase emphasizes God's holiness and justice. The concept of "straying" from God's statutes is a recurring theme in the Bible, highlighting the importance of obedience to God's law. In the Old Testament, Israel's history is marked by periods of faithfulness and rebellion, with consequences for turning away from God's commands. The rejection of those who stray underscores the seriousness of sin and the need for repentance. This aligns with the broader biblical narrative where God desires a covenant relationship with His people, as seen in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>, where blessings and curses are outlined based on obedience or disobedience to God's law.<p><b>for their deceitfulness is in vain</b><br>The deceitfulness mentioned here refers to the futility of trying to deceive God or live in hypocrisy. Throughout Scripture, God is portrayed as omniscient, knowing the hearts and minds of all people. In the New Testament, Jesus often confronted the Pharisees for their outward religiosity that masked inner corruption (Matthew 23). The phrase "in vain" indicates that any attempt to live contrary to God's truth is ultimately fruitless and leads to judgment. This echoes the wisdom literature, such as <a href="/proverbs/14-12.htm">Proverbs 14:12</a>, which warns that there is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way of death. The call is to live in genuine faith and obedience, recognizing that God values truth in the inward being (<a href="/psalms/51-6.htm">Psalm 51:6</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/psalmist.htm">Psalmist</a></b><br>The author of <a href="/bsb/psalms/119.htm">Psalm 119</a>, traditionally believed to be King David, who expresses a deep love and reverence for God's law.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The central figure in the Psalm, whose statutes and judgments are the focus of the psalmist's devotion.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/those_who_stray.htm">Those who stray</a></b><br>Individuals who deviate from God's statutes, representing those who choose deceit over truth.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_god's_statutes.htm">The Importance of God's Statutes</a></b><br>God's statutes are not just rules but a guide for righteous living. Straying from them leads to spiritual peril.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_futility_of_deceit.htm">The Futility of Deceit</a></b><br>Deceitfulness is ultimately in vain. It may offer temporary gain but results in rejection by God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_faithfulness.htm">The Call to Faithfulness</a></b><br>Believers are called to remain faithful to God's word, understanding that deviation leads to spiritual consequences.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/self-examination.htm">Self-Examination</a></b><br>Regularly examine your life against God's statutes to ensure you are not straying into deceit.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_judgment.htm">Trust in God's Judgment</a></b><br>Trust that God's rejection of deceit is just and serves as a warning to remain steadfast in His truth.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/119.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(118) <span class= "bld">Trodden down.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">thou despisest. </span>So LXX. and Vulg. Aquila, "Thou hast impaled." Symmachus, "Thou hast convicted." Literally the word seems to mean to <span class= "ital">weigh </span>or <span class= "ital">value, </span>but, from the habit of the buyer beating down the price by depreciating, comes to have a sense of this kind. Mr. Burgess aptly quotes <a href="/proverbs/20-14.htm" title="It is naught, it is naught, said the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.">Proverbs 20:14</a>. We may compare the English word <span class= "ital">cheapen, </span>which originally only meant to <span class= "ital">buy.</span><p><span class= "bld">For their deceit is falsehood.</span>--Rather, as the parallelism indicates, <span class= "ital">for their tricks are in vain; </span>or perhaps, to bring out the full intention of the Hebrew, we must paraphrase: "for their wiles are as fruitless as they are deceitful." So Symmachus: "all their craft is vain."<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/119.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 118.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes</span>; rather, <span class="accented">thou despisest all them that go astray from thy statutes</span>. Thou makest light of them. The LXX. have, <span class="greek">ἐξουδένωσας</span> <span class="cmt_word">For their deceit is falsehood.</span> "Their subtle policy is but a lie" (Kay). It rests on lies, and ends in disappointment. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/119-118.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">You reject</span><br /><span class="heb">סָ֭לִיתָ</span> <span class="translit">(sā·lî·ṯā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5541.htm">Strong's 5541: </a> </span><span class="str2">To make light of, toss aside</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who stray</span><br /><span class="heb">שׁוֹגִ֣ים</span> <span class="translit">(šō·w·ḡîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7686.htm">Strong's 7686: </a> </span><span class="str2">To stray, to mistake, to transgress, to reel, be enraptured</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from Your statutes,</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵחֻקֶּ֑יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(mê·ḥuq·qe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2706.htm">Strong's 2706: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something prescribed or owed, a statute</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּי־</span> <span class="translit">(kî·še-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their deceitfulness</span><br /><span class="heb">תַּרְמִיתָֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(tar·mî·ṯām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8649.htm">Strong's 8649: </a> </span><span class="str2">Perhaps treachery</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is in vain.</span><br /><span class="heb">שֶׁ֝֗קֶר</span> <span class="translit">(qer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8267.htm">Strong's 8267: </a> </span><span class="str2">Deception, disappointment, falsehood</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/119-118.htm">Psalm 119:118 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/119-118.htm">Psalm 119:118 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/119-118.htm">Psalm 119:118 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/119-118.htm">Psalm 119:118 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/119-118.htm">Psalm 119:118 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/119-118.htm">Psalm 119:118 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/119-118.htm">Psalm 119:118 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/119-118.htm">Psalm 119:118 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/119-118.htm">Psalm 119:118 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/119-118.htm">Psalm 119:118 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/119-118.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 119:118 You reject all those who stray (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/119-117.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 119:117"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 119:117" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/119-119.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 119:119"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 119:119" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>