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Psalm 119:119

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119:119You remove all the wicked of the earth like slag.152

Therefore I love your rules.153

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  1. 152 Traditionally “dross” (so , , ). The metaphor comes from metallurgy; “slag” is the substance left over after the metallic ore has been refined.
  2. 153 As he explains in the next verse, the psalmist’s fear of judgment motivates him to obey God’s rules.

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In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

All the wicked of the earth you discard like dross,

therefore I love your testimonies.

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

All the wicked of the earth you discard like dross;

therefore I love your statutes.

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

You remove all the wicked on earth

as if they were dross from metal;

therefore, I love your decrees.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

You skim off the wicked of the earth like scum;

no wonder I love to obey your laws!

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

You remove all the wicked of the earth like dross,

therefore I love your testimonies.

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross:

Therefore I love thy testimonies.

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