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118 You despise[a] all who stray from your statutes,
for such people are deceptive and unreliable.[b]

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  1. 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.”
  2. Psalm 119:118 tn Heb “for their deceit [is] falsehood.”