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Psalm 119:158 KJV
Psalms · chapter 119 · verse 158
I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.Psalm 119:158 · King James Version
Psalm 119:158 in context
156Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments.
157Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.
158I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.
159Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.
160Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- transgressorsbâgadto coverH898 →
- grievedqûwṭproperly, to cut offH6962 →
- beheldrâʼâhto see, literally or figurativelyH7200 →
- keptshâmarproperly, to hedge aboutH8104 →
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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.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary