Psalms 119:158 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 119:158

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

KJV

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ASV

I beheld the treacherous, and was grieved, Because they observe not thy word.

WEB

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

YLT

I have seen treacherous ones, And grieve myself, Because Thy saying they have not kept.

DBT

I beheld them that deal treacherously, and was grieved; because they kept not thy *word.

About this book

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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11 verses on the floor

Psalms 139:21
Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
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.
Psalms 119:136
Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.
2 Peter 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;)
Psalms 119:53
Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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(Compare Ps 119:136). transgressors--or, literally, "traitors," who are faithless to a righteous sovereign and side with His enemies (compare Ps 25:3, 8).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

PSA 119:158EZE 9:4 REV 9:4
PSA 119:158EZE 9:4 2CO 1:22
PSA 119:158EZE 9:4 REV 14:1
PSA 119:158EZE 9:4 REV 7:2-3
PSA 119:158EZE 9:4 REV 20:4
PSA 119:158PSA 139:21 PSA 31:6
PSA 119:158PSA 119:136 JER 9:1
PSA 119:158PSA 139:21 REV 2:2

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