Psalm 119:158

Translations

Modern

I look on the faithless with loathing because they do not keep Your word.

Traditional

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

Literal

I have seen those acting treacherously, and I felt loathing, because they have not kept Your word.

Latin

Vidi prævaricantes et tabescebam, quia eloquia tua non custodierunt.

Original

Hebrew

English

I look on the faithless with loathing because they do not keep Your word.

Notes

Psalms 119:153–160

Resh (ר): This request for life appears throughout Psalm 119, but it is focused in this stanza.

Psalms 119:1–176

This psalm blends wisdom, lament, praise, thanksgiving, and confession. It often uses eight Hebrew words translated as:

“Instructions”
“law”
“words”
“commandments”
“statutes”
“judgments”
“promises”
“precepts“

These words encourage love for and obedience to God's instructions in the Scriptures (see 2 Timothy 3:14–17). A deep commitment to these instructions unifies the psalm.

Related verses

Psalm 119:53
Rage has taken hold of me because of the wicked who reject Your law.
Psalm 139:21
Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD, and detest those who rise against You?
Psalm 119:136
My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.
Ezekiel 9:4
“Go throughout the city of Jerusalem,” said the LORD, “and put a mark on the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning over all the abominations committed there.”
Mark 3:5
Jesus looked around at them with anger and sorrow at their hardness of heart. Then He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out, and it was restored.

Glossary

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Topics

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