119:118 You despise 1 all who stray from your statutes,
for they are deceptive and unreliable. 2
1 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 tn Heb “for their deceit [is] falsehood.”