Psalms 119:158
I look at the faithless with loathing, because they don’t observe your word.
World English Bible
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 adversaries. I haven’t swerved from your testimonies.
159Consider how I love your precepts. Revive me, LORD, according to your loving kindness.
Cross References
Psalms 119:136Streams of tears run down my eyes, because they don’t observe your law.
Ezekiel 9:4The LORD said to him, “Go through the middle of the city, through the middle of Jerusalem, and set a mark on the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry over all the abominations that are done within 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 →