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Psalm 119:117-119
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 119:117-119
New Catholic Bible
117 Uphold me, and I will be saved
and will remain completely focused on your decrees.
118 You cast away all those who swerve from your decrees;
their cunning is futile.
119 You discard all the wicked of the earth like dross;[a]
therefore, I love your teachings.
Footnotes
- Psalm 119:119 You discard . . . like dross: the Lord discards evildoers like dross, i.e., the scum that forms in refining precious metals and is discarded (see Jer 6:28-30).