Psalms 119:159
See thou that, thy precepts, I have loved, O Yahweh, according to thy lovingkindness, give me life.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.
In Context
158I have seen traitors, and felt loathing, Because, thy word, they kept not.
160The sum of thy word, is truth, and, age-abiding, is every one of thy righteous regulations.
Cross References
2 Kings 20:3I beseech thee, O Yahweh, remember, I pray thee, how I have walked before thee, in truth, and with a whole heart, and, that which is good in thine eyes, have I done! And Hezekiah wept aloud.
Nehemiah 13:22And I gave word to the Levites, that they should be purifying themselves and coming in, as keepers of the gates, to hallow the sabbath day. This also, remember to me, O my God, and have pity upon me, according to the abundance of thy lovingkindness.
Psalms 119:97[MEM.] Oh how I love thy law! All the day, is it my meditation.
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 →