Psalms 119 · Verse 158

Psalms 119:158

I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.
Psalms 119:158, King James Version

Psalms 119:158 in other translations

BSBI look on the faithless with loathing because they do not keep Your word.
WEBI look at the faithless with loathing, because they don’t observe your word.
ASVI beheld the treacherous, and was grieved, Because they observe not thy word.
YLTI have seen treacherous ones, And grieve myself, Because Thy saying they have not kept.
DARBYI beheld them that deal treacherously, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.
BBEI saw with hate those who were untrue to you; for they did not keep your saying.
WebsterI beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.

What does Psalms 119:158 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
158. (Compare Psa 119:136). transgressors--or, literally, "traitors," who are faithless to a righteous sovereign and side with His enemies (compare Psa 25:3, 8).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 158 I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved - Literally, I was affected with anguish.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 119:153-160

The closer we cleave to the word of God, both as our rule and as our stay, the more assurance we have of deliverance. Christ is the Advocate of his people, their Redeemer. Those who were quickened by his Spirit and grace, when they were dead in trespasses and sins, often need to have the work of grace revived in them, according to the word of promise. The wicked not only do not God's statutes, but they do not even…

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Psalms 119:158 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

רָאִ֣יתִיra.'I.tiI seeH7200
בֹ֭גְדִיםVo.ge.dim[those who] act treacherouslyH898
וָֽאֶתְקוֹטָ֑טָהva.'et.ko.Ta.tahand I felt disgust !H6962
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherthatH834
אִ֝מְרָתְךָ֗'im.ra.te.khaword yourH565
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
שָׁמָֽרוּ\׃sha.Ma.ruthey have keptH8104

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 119:158

  • Psalms 119:53

    Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.

  • Psalms 139:21

    Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?

  • Psalms 119:136

    Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.

  • Ezekiel 9:4

    And the Lord said unto 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 be done in the midst thereof.

  • Mark 3:5

    And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
53,136; Eze 9:4; Mr 3:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 119:157

    Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.

  • Psalms 119:158

    I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.

  • Psalms 119:159

    Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O Lord, according to thy lovingkindness.

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Psalms 119:158 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Veía á los prevaricadores, y carcomíame; porque no guardaban tus palabras.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		J’ai vu les perfides, et j’en ai eu horreur, parce qu’ils ne gardaient pas ta parole.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Die Treulosen habe ich gesehen, und es ekelte mich an, weil sie dein Wort nicht bewahrten.