Psalms 119:158
King James VersionSource notes
“I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.”
Context
155Salvation far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.
156Great thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments.
157Many my persecutors and mine enemies; do I not decline from thy testimonies.
158I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.
159Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.
160Thy word true the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments for ever.
161Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.