| Geneva Study Bible Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their {d} deceit is falsehood. (d) The crafty practises of them who contemn your law will be brought to nothing. Wesley's Notes 119:118 Deceit - Their deceitful devices, shall bring that destruction upon themselves which they design for others. Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 118-120. But the disobedient and rebellious will be visited by God's wrath, which impresses the pious with wholesome fear and awe. their deceit is falsehood-that is, all their cunning deceit, wherewith they seek to entrap the godly, is in vain. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 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 thoughts draw us from what we love. Would we make progress in keeping God's commands, we must be separate from evil-doers. The believer could not live without the grace of God; but, supported by his hand, his spiritual life shall be maintained. Our holy security is grounded on Divine supports. All departure from God's statutes is error, and will prove fatal. Their cunning is falsehood. There is a day coming which will put the wicked into everlasting fire, the fit place for the dross. See what comes of sin Surely we who fall so low in devout affections, should fear, lest a promise being left us of entering into heavenly rest, any of us should be found to come short of it, Heb 4:1. | 
