Psalms 119:158
I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.
Webster 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 enemies; yet I do not decline from thy testimonies.
159Consider how I love thy precepts: revive me, O LORD, according to thy loving-kindness.
Cross References
Psalms 119:136Rivers of waters run down my eyes, because they keep not thy law.
Ezekiel 9:4And the LORD said to him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that are done in the midst of 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 →