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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 lying: and grant me thy law graciously. (Psa. 119:29)
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Psa. 78:36‑37,57• 36Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.
37For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.
57But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside 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• 22That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; (Eph. 4:22)
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Eph. 5:6• 6Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. (Eph. 5:6)
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2 Thess. 2:9‑11• 9Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
10And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
11And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
(2 Thess. 2:9‑11)
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2 Tim. 3:13• 13But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. (2 Tim. 3:13)
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1 John 2:21• 21I have not written unto you because ye know not 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 the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations 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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118
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."