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Psalm 119:117-119
New English Translation

117 Support me, so that I will be delivered.
Then I will focus[a] on your statutes continually.
118 You despise[b] all who stray from your statutes,
for such people are deceptive and unreliable.[c]
119 You remove all the wicked of the earth like slag.[d]
Therefore I love your rules.[e]

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  1. Psalm 119:117 tn Or “and that I might focus.” The two cohortatives with vav (ו) conjunctive indicate purpose/result after the imperative at the beginning of the verse.
  2. Psalm 119:118 tn The Hebrew verb סָלָה (salah, “to disdain”) occurs only here and in Lam 1:15. Cognate usage in Aramaic and Akkadian, as well as Lam 1:15, suggest it may have a concrete nuance of “to throw away.”
  3. Psalm 119:118 tn Heb “for their deceit [is] falsehood.”
  4. Psalm 119:119 sn Traditionally “dross” (so KJV, ASV, NIV). The metaphor comes from metallurgy; “slag” is the substance left over after the metallic ore has been refined.
  5. Psalm 119:119 sn As he explains in the next verse, the psalmist’s fear of judgment motivates him to obey God’s rules.
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