Psalms 119:119
Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.
KJV
Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: Therefore I love thy testimonies.
ASV
סִגִ֗ים הִשְׁבַּ֥תָּ כָל רִשְׁעֵי אָ֑רֶץ לָ֝/כֵ֗ן אָהַ֥בְתִּי עֵדֹתֶֽי/ךָ
Hebrew
Dross! Thou hast caused to cease All the wicked of the earth; Therefore I have loved Thy testimonies.
YLT
You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross. Therefore I love your testimonies.
WEB
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֹהֵ֣ב
'hb
verb · 209×
הִשְׁבַּתִּי֙
hshbty
verb · 71×
ךָ
k
noun · 26×
כֵ֗ן
kn
adjective · 767×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
סוג
svg
noun · 9×
רְשָׁעִ֣ים
rsh'ym
adjective · 257×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Chapter 27.—Of the Male, Who Was to Lose His Soul If He Was Not Circumcised on the Eighth Day, Because He Had Broken God’s Covenant. When it is said, “The male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people, because he hath broken my covenant,”922922 Gen. xvii. 14. some may be troubled how that ought to be understood, since it ca…
Cross-references
- Ezek 22:18 — Son 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.
- Jer 6:30 — Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath rejected them.
- Mal 3:2 — But 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:
- Mal 4:1 — For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that i
- Matt 7:23 — And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
- Ps 2:11 — Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.