119 You have [a]removed all the wicked of the earth like [b](A)impurities;
Therefore I (B)love Your testimonies.

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  1. Psalm 119:119 Lit caused to cease
  2. Psalm 119:119 Lit dross

119 All the wicked of the earth you discard like dross;(A)
    therefore I love your statutes.(B)

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22 Your silver has become [a]waste matter,
Your drink diluted with water.

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  1. Isaiah 1:22 Lit dross

22 Your silver has become dross,(A)
    your choice wine is diluted with water.

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Distress of the Siege Described

How (A)dark the gold has become,
How the pure gold has changed!
The sacred stones are spilled out
At the [a]corner of every street.

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  1. Lamentations 4:1 Lit head

[a]How the gold has lost its luster,
    the fine gold become dull!
The sacred gems are scattered
    at every street corner.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 4:1 This chapter is an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.