Amplified Bible
Psalms 119:158
158I see the treacherous and loathe them, Because they do not respect Your law.
Psalms 119:158 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.
- New International Version (NIV)I look on the faithless with loathing, for they do not obey your word.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I look at the faithless with disgust, because they do not keep your commands.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I see the treacherous, and am disgusted, Because they do not keep Your word.
Context of Psalms 119:158
156Great are Your tender mercies and steadfast love, O Lord; Revive me and give me life according to Your ordinances. 157Many are my persecutors and my adversaries, Yet I do not turn away from Your testimonies. I see the treacherous and loathe them, Because they do not respect Your law. 159Consider how I love Your precepts; Revive me and give me life, O Lord, according to Your lovingkindness. 160The sum of Your word is truth [the full meaning of all Your precepts], And every one of Your righteous ordinances endures forever.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:158 word by word
רָאִ֣יתִי בֹ֭גְדִים וָֽאֶתְקוֹטָ֑טָה אֲשֶׁ֥ר אִ֝מְרָתְךָ֗ לֹ֣א שָׁמָֽרוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 119:158
- Psalms 119:53Burning indignation has seized me because of the wicked, Who reject Your law.
- Ezekiel 9:4The Lord said to him, “Go through the midst of the city, throughout all of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh [in distress] and grieve over all the repulsive acts which are being committed in it.”
- Mark 3:5After looking around at them with anger, grieved at the hardness and arrogance of their hearts, He told the man, “Hold out your hand.” And he held it out, and his hand was [completely] restored.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:158
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 158I beheld the transgressors - Those who wronged me; those who violated the law of God. And was grieved - Or, “sickened.” The word used here means commonly to loathe, to nauseate, to sicken. Ezekiel 16:47; Psalm 95:10. I was made sad, sorry, sick at heart. I did not look on them with anger; I did not desire to take revenge upon them; I did not return evil for evil. My heart was sad that people would do wrong; that they would expose themselves to such…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 153-160Verses 153-160 The closer we cleave to the word of God, both as our rule and as our stay, the more assurance we have of deliverance. Christ is the Advocate of his people, their Redeemer. Those who were quickened by his Spirit and grace, when they were dead in trespasses and sins, often need to have the work of grace revived in them, according to the word of promise. The wicked not only do not God's statutes, but they do not even seek them. They flatter…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 153-160Resh (ר): This request for life appears throughout Psalm 119, but it is focused in this stanza.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 158158. (Compare Psa 119:136). transgressors--or, literally, "traitors," who are faithless to a righteous sovereign and side with His enemies (compare Psa 25:3, 8).Read the comment
Topics related to Psalms 119:158
In the dictionaries
Commentaries on Psalms 119
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
Amplified Bible — © 2015 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, CA 90631
Commentaries