Psalms 119:158
I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.
KJV
I beheld the treacherous, and was grieved, Because they observe not thy word.
ASV
רָאִ֣יתִי בֹ֭גְדִים וָֽ/אֶתְקוֹטָ֑טָ/ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר אִ֝מְרָתְ/ךָ֗ לֹ֣א שָׁמָֽרוּ
Hebrew
I have seen treacherous ones, And grieve myself, Because Thy saying they have not kept.
YLT
I look at the faithless with loathing, because they don’t observe your word.
WEB
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
בֹּגְדִ֣ים
bgdym
verb · 49×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
ךָ
k
noun · 37×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
נְקֹֽטֹתֶם֙
nqttm
verb · 6×
שֹׁמְרֵ֥י
shmry
verb · 467×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 2Pet 2:8 — (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)
- Acts 17:16 — Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.
- Luke 19:41 — And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,
- Ps 119:53 — Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
- Ps 119:53 — Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
- Ps 119:136 — Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.
- Ps 119:136 — Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.
- Ps 139:21 — Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
- Ps 139:21 — Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?