Psalms 119:158
I look on the faithless with loathing because they do not keep Your word.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.
In Context
157Though my persecutors and foes are many, I have not turned from Your testimonies.
159Consider how I love Your precepts, O LORD; give me life according to Your loving devotion.
Cross References
Psalms 119:136My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.
Ezekiel 9:4“Go throughout the city of Jerusalem,” said the LORD, “and put a mark on the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning over all the abominations committed there.”
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 →