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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Seeing these traitors makes me sick at heart, because they care nothing for your word.

Context of Psalms 119:158

156Your compassion, Lord, is great; preserve my life according to your laws. 157Many are the foes who persecute me, but I have not turned from your statutes. I look on the faithless with loathing, for they do not obey your word. 159See how I love your precepts; preserve my life, Lord, in accordance with your love. 160All your words are true; all your righteous laws are eternal.

Psalms 119:158 word by word

רָאִ֣יתִי בֹ֭גְדִים וָֽאֶתְקוֹטָ֑טָה אֲשֶׁ֥ר אִ֝מְרָתְךָ֗ לֹ֣א שָׁמָֽרוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• I beheldרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• the transgressorsבָּגַדbâgad · to act treacherouslyH898
• and was grievedקוּטqûţ · feel a loathingH6962
• because they keptשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: obeyH8104
• not thy wordאִמְרָה'imrâh 'emrâh · wordH565

Cross-references for Psalms 119:158

• Psalms 119:53Indignation grips me because of the wicked, who have forsaken your law.
• Ezekiel 9:4and said to him, “Go throughout the city of Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of those who grieve and lament over all the detestable things that are done in it.”
• Mark 3:5He looked around at them in anger and, deeply distressed at their stubborn hearts, said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched 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

• Word of God
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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