Psalms 119:159
Consider, O Lord, how I loue thy preceptes: quicken mee according to thy louing kindenesse.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.
In Context
158I saw the transgressours and was grieued, because they kept not thy worde.
160The beginning of thy worde is trueth, and all the iudgements of thy righteousnesse endure for euer.
Cross References
2 Kings 20:3I beseech thee, O Lord, remember nowe, howe I haue walked before thee in trueth and with a perfite heart, and haue done that which is good in thy sight: and Hezekiah wept sore.
Nehemiah 13:22And I sayde vnto the Leuites, that they should clense themselues, and that they shoulde come and keepe the gates, to sanctifie the Sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and pardon me according to thy great mercy.
Psalms 119:97MEM. Oh howe loue I thy Lawe! it is my meditation continually.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:159
158 I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word. Here is, 1. David's sorrow for the wickedness of the wicked. Though he conversed much at home, yet sometimes he looked abroad, and could not but see the wicked walking on every side. He beheld the transgressors, those whose sins were open before all men, and it grieved him to see them dishonour God, serve Satan, debauch the world, and ruin their own souls, to see the transgressors so numerous, so daring, so very impudent, and so… Read the whole commentary →