Psalms 119:158
I saw the transgressours and was grieued, because they kept not thy worde.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.
In Context
157My persecutours and mine oppressours are many: yet doe I not swarue from thy testimonies.
159Consider, O Lord, how I loue thy preceptes: quicken mee according to thy louing kindenesse.
Cross References
Psalms 119:136Mine eyes gush out with riuers of water, because they keepe not thy Lawe.
Ezekiel 9:4And the Lord said vnto him, Goe through the middes of the citie, euen through the middes of Ierusalem and set a marke vpon the foreheads of them that mourne, and cry for all the abominations that be done in the middes 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 →