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Psalm 119

Psa. 119:118 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thou hast troddenf down
calah (Hebrew #5541)
to hang up, i.e. weigh, or (figuratively) contemn
KJV usage: tread down (under foot), value.
Pronounce: saw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
all them that err
shagah (Hebrew #7686)
to stray (causatively, mislead), usually (figuratively) to mistake, especially (morally) to transgress; by extension (through the idea of intoxication) to reel, (figuratively) be enraptured
KJV usage: (cause to) go astray, deceive, err, be ravished, sin through ignorance, (let, make to) wander.
Pronounce: shaw-gaw'
Origin: a primitive root
from thy statutes
choq (Hebrew #2706)
an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
KJV usage: appointed, bound, commandment, convenient, custom, decree(-d), due, law, measure, X necessary, ordinance(- nary), portion, set time, statute, task.
Pronounce: khoke
Origin: from 2710
: for their deceit
tormah (Hebrew #8649)
or tarmiyth {tar-meeth'}; from 7411; fraud
KJV usage: deceit(-ful), privily.
Pronounce: tor-maw'
Origin: and tarmuwth {tar-mooth'}
ish falsehood
sheqer (Hebrew #8267)
an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)
KJV usage: without a cause, deceit(-ful), false(-hood, -ly), feignedly, liar, + lie, lying, vain (thing), wrongfully.
Pronounce: sheh'-ker
Origin: from 8266
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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trodden.
err.
their deceit.
Psa. 119:29• 29Remove from me the way of falsehood, and graciously grant me thy law. (Psa. 119:29)
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Psa. 78:36‑37,57• 36But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied unto him with their tongue;
37For their heart was not firm toward him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.
57And they drew back and dealt treacherously like their fathers: they turned like a deceitful bow.
(Psa. 78:36‑37,57)
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Isa. 44:20• 20He feedeth on ashes; a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand? (Isa. 44:20)
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Eph. 4:22• 22namely your having put off according to the former conversation the old man which corrupts itself according to the deceitful lusts; (Eph. 4:22)
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Eph. 5:6• 6Let no one deceive you with vain words, for on account of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. (Eph. 5:6)
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2 Thess. 2:9‑11• 9whose coming is according to the working of Satan in all power and signs and wonders of falsehood,
10and in all deceit of unrighteousness to them that perish, because they have not received the love of the truth that they might be saved.
11And for this reason God sends to them a working of error, that they should believe what is false,
(2 Thess. 2:9‑11)
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2 Tim. 3:13• 13But wicked men and juggling impostors shall advance in evil, leading and being led astray. (2 Tim. 3:13)
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1 John 2:21• 21I have not written to you because ye do not know the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth. (1 John 2:21)
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Rev. 18:23• 23and light of lamp shall shine no more at all in thee, and voice of bridegroom and bride shall be heard no more at all in thee; for thy merchants were the great ones of the earth; for by thy sorcery have all the nations been deceived. (Rev. 18:23)
 But he sees God's judgments on those that went away from them. That by which they sought to beguile men turned out to be emptiness and vanity. Deceit is, as regards men, falsehood—what was vain and false in itself. (Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalm 119:73-120 by J.N. Darby)
 (vv. 118-120) He sees that those who wander from God’s statutes are “set at naught” (JND). They come to nothing and are treated as dross in God’s sight. The judgment of such fills the soul with holy fear. (Psalm 119:113-120: Division 15 (Samech) by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Thou hast set at noughtb all them that wander from thy statutes; for their deceit is falsehood.

JND Translation Notes

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"trodden under foot."

W. Kelly Translation

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Thou settest at nought all wanderers from thy statutes;{HR}For a lie [is] their deceit.