Psalms 119:158

I observed and considered their ungodly courses.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I beheld the transgressors - Those who wronged me; those who violated the law of God. And was grieved - Or, “sickened.” The word used here me...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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 yo...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 beginnin...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

transgressors. Hebrew. bagad . traitors, or treacherous men. was grieved . loathed myself: i.e. seeing the same tendencies in myself. Compare J...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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 w...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word. I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved - Literally, I was affected...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word. I beheld the transgressors - literally, the treacherous transgre...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 s...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

RESH. (158) Transgressors. — Better, the faithless (or, traitors ). Was grieved. — The Hebrew is a far stronger word, and the sense is int...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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 th...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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 aw...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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,...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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;...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word. Ver. 158. I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved ] Or, I abhorre...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 pe...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

158 I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word. Here is, 1. David's sorrow for the wickedness of th...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION 1. Date and authorship. Some ascribe the authorship to “David, before his accession to the kingdom, in exile and peril ( Psalms 119:9 ;...
Sermon Bible Commentary

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....
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 pray...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 119:153 . Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law. As much as if he said, «Lord, I do not forget thee; do no...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 119:145 . I cried with my whole heart: hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes. In the time of trouble there is no resort like that of p...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 Biblical Illustrator

Many are my persecutors and mine enemies. The trials and traits of piety I. The trials of piety. They are twofold--objective and subjective....
The Biblical Illustrator

I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not Thy Word. Christian grief over transgressors One of the influences and resul...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This is an "alphabetic psalm" of a more stringent character than any other. It consists of twenty-two stanzas, each of eight verses,...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Resh. The Increasing Confidence of the Believer.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

I beheld the transgressors, those who willfully reject the Word, and was grieved, filled with loathing; because they kept not Thy Word, for this fa...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 9:4 ; Mark 3:5 ; Psalms 119:136 ; Psalms 119:53

¹⁵⁸ I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 119:158

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 119:158