# Connecting Statement:
In these verses, the Levites continue to praise Yahweh in the presence of the people of Israel.
# They threw your law behind their backs
The law is spoken of as if it were a worthless item that a person could throw away. AT: "They considered your law worthless and paid no attention to it" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
# They threw your law
The Israelites threw Yahweh's law.