Psalms 119:118 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood. ”

• Psalms 119:118 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes - Compare the notes at Psalms 119:21 . Rather, “Thou hast made light of,” or “thou despisest.” The Hebrew word means properly to suspen...

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• Psalms 119:118 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their (d) deceit [is] falsehood. (d) The crafty practises of them who contemn your law will be brought to nothing.

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• Psalms 119:118 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  CXIX. Praise of the Law. This is the longest and most artificial Ps. in the whole collection. It is divided into twenty-two strophes, each beginning with one of the twenty-two letters of the Heb. a...

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• Psalms 119:118 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  trodden down: or set at naught.

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• Psalms 119:118 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  118. Thou hast trodden under foot all those who wander from thy statutes. By treading under foot he means, that God overthrows all the despisers of his law, and casts them down from that...

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• Psalms 119:118 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood. Thou hast trodden down - All thy enemies will be finally trodden down under thy feet. Their deceit is fal...

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• Psalms 119:118 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  For their deceit is falsehood— For their falsehood shall prove a lie: their falsehood to God, in abandoning his law, shall deceive them. Mudge. Some render the words, For their cunning is falseh...

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• Psalms 119:118 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood. Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes - ( Psalms 119:21 .) for their deceit (...

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• Psalms 119:118 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The longest Ps. and the best example of an alphabetical Ps. There are in it twenty-two stanzas; each of the 8 vv. of each stanza commences with the same Hebrew letter. The subject is practically the...

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• Psalms 119:118 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Trodden down. — Better, thou despisest. So LXX. and Vulg. Aquila, “Thou hast impaled.” Symmachus, “Thou hast convicted.” Literally the word seems to mean to weigh or value, but, from the habi...

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• Psalms 119:118 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Psalms 119:1-176 IT is lost labour to seek for close continuity or progress in this psalm. One thought pervades it-the surpassing excellence of the Law; and the beauty and power of the psalm lie i...

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• Psalms 119:118 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  “Time for the Lord to Work” Psalms 119:113-128 There is an ineradicable difference between the child of God and evil-doers, and the believer does not want to be involved in their fate. Therefor...

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• Psalms 119:118 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Any dealing with this psalm must necessarily be general and not particular. It has been called the psalm of the Law, not inaccurately; but the term, "The Law," should be understood in its widest sign...

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• Psalms 119:118 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  SAMECH. After the observations which have been proposed upon the foregoing portions of this most blessed Psalm, the Reader will not be surprised, neither, I hope, offended, if I go on to accept this...

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• Psalms 119:118 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes ,.... That wander from the way of the Lord's commandments; that deviate from his precepts, go astray constantly and wilfully; a people that...

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• Psalms 119:118 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit [is] falsehood. Ver. 118. Thou hast trodden down all them, &c. ] Thou, as a mighty king or conqueror, hast made use...

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• Psalms 119:118 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Thou hast trodden down all them that err , &c. Thou hast brought them to ruin, utter and shameful ruin; thou hast made them thy footstool. He seems to speak of those proud persecutors who trampl...

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• Psalms 119:118 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        118 Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.   119 Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimo...

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• Psalms 119:118 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  All their crafty and deceitful devices, by which they design to insnare and ruin me, and other good men, shall deceive them and their own expectations, and bring that destruction upon themselves whic...

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• Psalms 119:118 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  INTRODUCTION 1. Date and authorship. Some ascribe the authorship to “David, before his accession to the kingdom, in exile and peril ( Psalms 119:9 ; Psalms 119:23 ; Psalms 119:46 ; Psalms 119:141...

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• Psalms 119:118 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  We will read tonight two of the stanzas which make up the 119 th Psalm, beginning at the 105 th verse. Psalms 119:105 . Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. God's Word is f...

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• Psalms 119:118 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  That David was the author of this psalm, no one ever doubted. It is divided into twenty two octo-distichs, having a letter of the Hebrew alphabet at the head of each distich; and the couplets are mos...

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• Psalms 119:118 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION This is an "alphabetic psalm" of a more stringent character than any other. It consists of twenty-two stanzas, each of eight verses, every verse in each stanza beginning with its own...

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• Psalms 119:118 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Samech. The Need of a Firm Stand for the Truth of God's Word.

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• Psalms 119:118 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 John 2:21 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:9-11 ; 2 Timothy 3:13 ; Ephesians 4:22 ; Ephesians 5:6 ; Isaiah 25:10 ; Isaiah 44:20 ; Isaiah 63:3 ; Luke 21:24 ; Malachi 4:3 ; Psalms 119:10 ; Psalms 119:...

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• Psalms 119:118 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Deceit — Their deceitful devices, shall bring that destruction upon themselves which they design for others.

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