Psalms 119:158
I beheld the treacherous, and felt disgust; because they observed not thy saying.
Leeser Tanakh
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 my assailants: yet from thy testimonies do I not turn away.
159Behold that I love thy precepts: O Lord, according to thy kindness do thou revive me.
Cross References
Psalms 119:136Streams of water have run down my eyes; because they had not observed thy law.
Ezekiel 9:4And the Lord said unto him, Pass through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and inscribe a mark upon the foreheads of the men who sigh and who complain because of all the abominations which are done in the midst of it.
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 →