“ I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word. ”
I beheld the transgressors - Those who wronged me; those who violated the law of God. And was grieved - Or, “sickened.” The word used here means commonly to loathe, to nauseate, to sicken. E...
I beheld the transgressors, and was (c) grieved; because they kept not thy word. (c) My zeal consumed me when I saw their malice and contempt for your glory.
CXIX. Praise of the Law. This is the longest and most artificial Ps. in the whole collection. It is divided into twenty-two strophes, each beginning with one of the twenty-two letters of the Heb. a...
transgressors. Hebrew. bagad . traitors, or treacherous men. was grieved . loathed myself: i.e. seeing the same tendencies in myself. Compare Job 42:6 .
158. I saw the perfidious and child them. In this verse the Psalmist proceeds yet farther, declaring that he was inflamed with a holy zeal when he saw the law of God despised by the wicked....
I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word. I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved - Literally, I was affected with anguish.
I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word. I beheld the transgressors - literally, the treacherous transgressors (note, Psalms 25:3 ); unfaithful to their c...
The longest Ps. and the best example of an alphabetical Ps. There are in it twenty-two stanzas; each of the 8 vv. of each stanza commences with the same Hebrew letter. The subject is practically the...
RESH. (158) Transgressors. — Better, the faithless (or, traitors ). Was grieved. — The Hebrew is a far stronger word, and the sense is intensified by the rare conjugation: was filled with...
Psalms 119:1-176 IT is lost labour to seek for close continuity or progress in this psalm. One thought pervades it-the surpassing excellence of the Law; and the beauty and power of the psalm lie i...
the Joy of Communion with God Psalms 119:145-160 There is great eagerness in the psalmist's prayerfulness. He calls with his whole heart; he awakes before the dawn and continues long after the...
Any dealing with this psalm must necessarily be general and not particular. It has been called the psalm of the Law, not inaccurately; but the term, "The Law," should be understood in its widest sign...
RESH. The same cries of soul are continued through this portion as in the former; and we may, without any forced construction of the words, consider what is here said as peculiarly applicable to the...
I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved ,.... Transgressors of the law of God, profane sinners; such as among whom he dwelt in Mesech and Kedar; it grieved him when he beheld their wicked life a...
I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word. Ver. 158. I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved ] Or, I abhorred them, or, I contended with them; not so much bec...
Many are my persecutors David, being a public person, had many enemies. In this he was a type both of Christ and of his church. The enemies, the persecutors of both, are many, implacable and unwear...
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 so...
I observed and considered their ungodly courses.
INTRODUCTION 1. Date and authorship. Some ascribe the authorship to “David, before his accession to the kingdom, in exile and peril ( Psalms 119:9 ; Psalms 119:23 ; Psalms 119:46 ; Psalms 119:141...
Psalms 119:158 Consider what there is in the breaking of God's law to justify such manifestation of grief as you read of in the writings of David. I. Look, first, at the dishonour done to God by...
Psalms 119:145 . I cried with my whole heart; hear me. O LORD: I will keep thy statutes. It is sweet to look back upon our prayers, if those prayers were uttered with our whole heart, for it is n...
That David was the author of this psalm, no one ever doubted. It is divided into twenty two octo-distichs, having a letter of the Hebrew alphabet at the head of each distich; and the couplets are mos...
Many are my persecutors and mine enemies. The trials and traits of piety I. The trials of piety. They are twofold--objective and subjective. 1. Objective. “Many are my persecutors and enemie...
EXPOSITION This is an "alphabetic psalm" of a more stringent character than any other. It consists of twenty-two stanzas, each of eight verses, every verse in each stanza beginning with its own...
Resh. The Increasing Confidence of the Believer.
Ezekiel 9:4 ; Mark 3:5 ; Psalms 119:136 ; Psalms 119:53