117 [a]Stay thou me, and I shall be safe, and I will delight continually in thy statutes.

118 Thou hast trodden down all them that depart from thy statutes: for their [b]deceit is vain.

119 Thou hast taken away all the wicked of the earth like [c]dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 119:117 He desireth God’s continual assistance, lest he should faint in this race, which he had begun.
  2. Psalm 119:118 The crafty practices of them that contemn thy Law, shall be brought to naught.
  3. Psalm 119:119 Which infected thy people, as dross doth the metal.

117 Uphold me,(A) and I will be delivered;(B)
    I will always have regard for your decrees.(C)
118 You reject all who stray(D) from your decrees,
    for their delusions come to nothing.
119 All the wicked of the earth you discard like dross;(E)
    therefore I love your statutes.(F)

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