Psalms 119:158

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

156Many are thy tender mercies, O Jehovah; quicken me according to thy judgments. 157Many are my persecutors and mine oppressors; I have not declined from thy testimonies. I beheld them that deal treacherously, and was grieved; because they kept not thy *word. 159See how I have loved thy precepts: quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy loving-kindness. 160The sum of thy word is truth, and every righteous judgment of thine is for ever.

Psalms 119:158 word by word

רָאִ֣יתִי בֹ֭גְדִים וָֽאֶתְקוֹטָ֑טָה אֲשֶׁ֥ר אִ֝מְרָתְךָ֗ לֹ֣א שָׁמָֽרוּ׃Read the interlinear

• dealבָּגַדbâgad · to act treacherouslyH898
• keptשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: obeyH8104
• wordאִמְרָה'imrâh 'emrâh · wordH565

Cross-references for Psalms 119:158

• Psalms 119:53Burning indignation hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked who forsake thy law.
• Ezekiel 9:4and Jehovah said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that are done in the midst thereof.
• Mark 3:5And looking round upon them with anger, distressed at the hardening of their heart, he says to the man, Stretch out thy hand. And he stretched [it] out, and his hand was 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

• Word of God
• Zeal, Religious

In the dictionaries

• Break
• Comfort
• Delight
• Depart
• Establish
• Hallel
• Horror
• Incline
• Judgment
• Judgments of God

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