
Text -- Psalms 119:119 (NET)




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JFB -> Psa 119:118-120; Psa 119:118-120
JFB: Psa 119:118-120 - -- But the disobedient and rebellious will be visited by God's wrath, which impresses the pious with wholesome fear and awe.
But the disobedient and rebellious will be visited by God's wrath, which impresses the pious with wholesome fear and awe.

JFB: Psa 119:118-120 - -- That is, all their cunning deceit, wherewith they seek to entrap the godly, is in vain.
That is, all their cunning deceit, wherewith they seek to entrap the godly, is in vain.
Clarke -> Psa 119:119; Psa 119:119
Clarke: Psa 119:119 - -- Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross - There is no true metal in them: when they are tried by the refining fire, they are burnt ...
Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross - There is no true metal in them: when they are tried by the refining fire, they are burnt up; they fly off in fumes, and come to no amount. There is probably an allusion here to the scum or scorias at the surface of melting metals, which is swept oft previously to casting the metal into the mould

Clarke: Psa 119:119 - -- Therefore I love thy testimonies - Thy testimonies will stand; and thy people will stand; because thou who didst give the one, and who upholdest the...
Therefore I love thy testimonies - Thy testimonies will stand; and thy people will stand; because thou who didst give the one, and who upholdest the other, art pure, immovable, and eternal.
Calvin -> Psa 119:119
Calvin: Psa 119:119 - -- 119.Thou hast made all the wicked of the earth to cease as dross The meaning of this verse is similar to that of the preceding. By the similitude emp...
119.Thou hast made all the wicked of the earth to cease as dross The meaning of this verse is similar to that of the preceding. By the similitude employed, there is described a sudden and an unexpected change, when their imaginative glory and happiness become dissipated in smoke. It is to be observed, that the vengeance of God against the wicked is not all at once manifested, so that they completely perish, or are exterminated from the earth; but as God, in rooting them out one after another, shows himself to be the judge of the world, and that he is purging the earth of them, it is not wonderful to find the prophet speaking of their destruction in this manner; for the Hebrew verbs often denote a continued act. As God, then, executes his judgments by little and little, and often suspends punishment until he see that the wicked abuse his long-suffering; it becomes us, on our part, to continue patiently waiting until, as a heathen writer observes, he compensate the delay of the punishment, by its severity when inflicted. It is abundantly evident, that the particle of similitude, as, is to be supplied before the word dross 440 Nor do I reject the opinion of those who assert, that the wicked are compared to dross, because, so long as they are mingled among the faithful as dregs, they infect and contaminate them; but when they are removed as scum, the purity of the godly shines forth with improved lustre. In the second place, the prophet adds, that the judgments of God were not without fruit in him, since they led him to love the doctrine of the law the more. Those who are not induced to commit themselves to the protection of God, whenever, by lifting up his hand, he shows that the world is governed by his power, must certainly be very perverse; but when, of his own good pleasure, he offers himself to us by his word, those who do not make haste to embrace so great a boon are stupid indeed. On the other hand, when he connives for a long time at the wickedness of men, devout affection, which should ravish us with the love of God’s word, languishes.
TSK -> Psa 119:119
TSK: Psa 119:119 - -- Thou : When Thou triest them in the refining fire, they are burnt up, fly off in fumes, or in scorie , which Thou sweepest away.
puttest away : Heb....
Thou : When Thou triest them in the refining fire, they are burnt up, fly off in fumes, or in
puttest away : Heb. causest to cease, 1Sa 15:23; Jer 6:30; Eze 22:18-22; Mal 3:2, Mal 3:3; Mat 3:12, Mat 7:23; Mat 13:40-42, Mat 13:49, Mat 13:50
therefore : Psa 119:111, Psa 119:126-128

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Barnes -> Psa 119:119
Barnes: Psa 119:119 - -- Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth - Margin, "causest to cease."Literally: "Dross ... thou makest all the wicked of the earth to cea...
Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth - Margin, "causest to cease."Literally: "Dross ... thou makest all the wicked of the earth to cease."They are seen by the psalmist as dross, and then he says that God had treated them as such.
Like dross - The "scoriae"of metals, or of a furnace. This dross is cast out as of no value. So the wicked are regarded by God.
Therefore I love thy testimonies - I love a law which condemns sin. I love a government which ferrets out and punishes the guilty. This is a leading object with all just governments; and this we approve in all governments. As the divine government makes this an object, and as it will accomplish this more perfectly than any other administration so it is more worthy of confidence than any other. As it is the only government that does this perfectly, so it is the only one that is worthy of unlimited confidence.
Poole -> Psa 119:119
Poole: Psa 119:119 - -- Ver. 119. Thou puttest away thou removest them from thy presence, and from the society of thy people, and from the land of the living.
Like dross ...
Ver. 119. Thou puttest away thou removest them from thy presence, and from the society of thy people, and from the land of the living.
Like dross which, though for a season it be mixed with gold or silver, is not only separated from it as a useless and contemptible thing, but also is utterly consumed by fire.
Therefore I love thy testimonies because they are the best preservatives against wickedness, and against those dreadful punishments attending upon it, of which he professeth his fear in the next verse.
Gill -> Psa 119:119
Gill: Psa 119:119 - -- Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross,.... Which is of no worth and value, useless and unprofitable; which is cast into the fire, ...
Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross,.... Which is of no worth and value, useless and unprofitable; which is cast into the fire, and separated from the choice metal. This expresses the character and state of wicked men; who are of no account with God, are of no profit and advantage to him; nor to men, but harmful and pernicious; are cast into the fire of God's judgments here, and into everlasting burnings hereafter; and will be separated from the righteous, and have no part and lot with them: these seem to be hypocrites also, who have made a show of being gold and silver, when they were nothing but dross; and being reprobate silver, were rejected of God as such;
therefore I love thy testimonies; which discover such persons when brought to be tried by them; and which require purity of heart and life, and caution against evil ways and evil men, and are a means of preserving from them.

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NET Notes -> Psa 119:119; Psa 119:119
NET Notes: Psa 119:119 As he explains in the next verse, the psalmist’s fear of judgment motivates him to obey God’s rules.
Geneva Bible -> Psa 119:119
Geneva Bible: Psa 119:119 Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth [like] ( e ) dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.
( e ) Which infected your people, as dross does m...

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TSK Synopsis -> Psa 119:1-176
TSK Synopsis: Psa 119:1-176 - --1 This psalm contains sundry prayers, praises, and professions of obedience.
MHCC -> Psa 119:113-120
MHCC: Psa 119:113-120 - --Here is a dread of the risings of sin, and the first beginnings of it. The more we love the law of God, the more watchful we shall be, lest vain thoug...
Matthew Henry -> Psa 119:118-120
Matthew Henry: Psa 119:118-120 - -- Here is, I. God's judgment on wicked people, on those that wander from his statutes, that take their measures from other rules and will not have G...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Psa 119:113-120
Keil-Delitzsch: Psa 119:113-120 - --
The eightfold Samech . His hope rests on God's word, without allowing itself to be led astray by doubters and apostates. סעפים (the form of no...
Constable: Psa 107:1--150:6 - --V. Book 5: chs. 107--150
There are 44 psalms in this section of the Psalter. David composed 15 of these (108-110...

Constable: Psa 119:1-176 - --Psalm 119
The anonymous psalmist who wrote this longest psalm sought refuge from his persecutors and fou...
