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Psalm 119

Psa. 119:119 KJV (With Strong’s)

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119
Thou ρputtest away
shabath (Hebrew #7673)
to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)
KJV usage: (cause to, let, make to) cease, celebrate, cause (make) to fail, keep (sabbath), suffer to be lacking, leave, put away (down), (make to) rest, rid, still, take away.
Pronounce: shaw-bath'
Origin: a primitive root
all the wicked
rasha` (Hebrew #7563)
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
KJV usage: + condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
Pronounce: raw-shaw'
Origin: from 7561
of the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
like dross
ciyg (Hebrew #5509)
from 5472 in the sense of refuse; scoria
KJV usage: dross.
Pronounce: seeg
Origin: or cuwg (Ezek. 22:18) {soog}
i: therefore I love
'ahab (Hebrew #157)
a primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
KJV usage: (be-)love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
Pronounce: aw-hab'
Origin: or raheb {aw-habe'}
thy testimonies
`edah (Hebrew #5713)
testimony
KJV usage: testimony, witness. Compare 5712.
Pronounce: ay-daw'
Origin: feminine of 5707 in its techn. sense
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causest to cease.
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Ezek. 22:18• 18Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver. (Ezek. 22:18)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Thou.When Thou triest them in the refining fire, they are burnt up, fly off in fumes, or in {scoriæ,} which Thou sweepest away.puttest away.
Heb. causest to cease.
1 Sam. 15:23• 23For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft.{HR}And stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.{HR}Because thou hast rejected the word, of Jehovah,{HR}He hath also rejected thee from being king. (1 Sam. 15:23)
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Jer. 6:30• 30Reprobate silver shall they call them, for Jehovah hath rejected them. (Jer. 6:30)
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Ezek. 22:18‑22• 18Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.
 19Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah; Because ye are all become dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.
 20As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave you there, and melt you.
 21Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof.
 22As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I Jehovah have poured out my fury upon you. (Ezek. 22:18‑22)
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Mal. 3:2‑3• 2But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers’ soap:
 3and he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer them unto Jehovah an offering in righteousness. (Mal. 3:2‑3)
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Matt. 3:12• 12whose winnowing fan [is] in his hand, and he shall thoroughly purge his threshing-floor, and shall gather his wheat into the garner, but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable. (Matt. 3:12)
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Matt. 7:23• 23And then will I avow to them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work lawlessness. (Matt. 7:23)
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Matt. 13:40‑42,49‑50• 40As then the darnel is gathered and is burned in the fire, thus it shall be in the completion of the age.
 41The Son of man shall send his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all offences, and those that practice lawlessness;
 42and they shall cast them into the furnace of fire; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
 49Thus shall it be in the consummation of the age: the angels shall come forth and sever the wicked from amidst the righteous,
 50and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be the weeping, and the gnashing of teeth. (Matt. 13:40‑42,49‑50)
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Psa. 119:111,126‑128• 111I inherit thy testimonies forever,{HR}For they [are] my heart's rejoicing.
 126[It is] time for Jehovah to act:{HR}They make void thy law.
 127Therefore I love thy commandments{HR}Above gold and above fine gold.
 128Therefore all precepts [as to] all I count right;{HR}Every path of falsehood I hate. (Psa. 119:111,126‑128)
• God rejected them and treated them as naught—as dross. This encouraged the heart in God's testimonies, whose way the heart had kept, in spite of the wicked who puffed at them. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalm 119:73-120” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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119
Thou puttest awayc all the wicked of the earthd like dross; therefore I love thy testimonies.

JND Translation Notes

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c
For "puttest away" some read "accountest." For "dross" LXX has "transgressors."
d
Or "land."

W. Kelly Translation

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119
[As] dross thou causest to cease all earth’s wicked ones:{HR}Therefore I love thy testimonies.