Psalms 119:158
I beheld them that were faithless, and strove with them; because they observed not Thy word.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.
In Context
157Many are my persecutors and mine adversaries; yet have I not turned aside from Thy testimonies.
159O see how I love Thy precepts; quicken me, O LORD, according to Thy lovingkindness.
Cross References
Psalms 119:136Mine eyes run down with rivers of water, because they observe not Thy law.
Ezekiel 9:4And the LORD 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.'
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:158
157 Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies. Here is, 1. David surrounded with difficulties and dangers: Many are my persecutors and my enemies. When Saul the king was his persecutor and enemy no marvel that many more were so: multitudes will follow the pernicious ways of abused authority. David, being a public person, had many enemies, but withal he had many friends, who loved him and wished him well; let him set the one over-against the other. In this David was a type… Read the whole commentary →