Psalms 119:158

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

רָאִ֣יתִי בֹ֭גְדִים וָֽאֶתְקוֹטָ֑טָה אֲשֶׁ֥ר אִ֝מְרָתְךָ֗ לֹ֣א שָׁמָֽרוּ׃

Transliteration

rāʾîtî ḇōḡəḏîm wāʾetqôṭāṭāh who ʾimrātəkā not šāmārû

Grammar Details

*rāʾîtî*: perfect, 1st person singular, qal - I saw
*ḇōḡəḏîm*: masculine plural participle, qal - treacherous ones
*wāʾetqôṭāṭāh*: conjunction + imperfect, 1st person singular, hithpolel - and I was grieved/loathed
*ʾimrātəkā*: feminine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your word
*šāmārû*: perfect, 3rd person common plural, qal - they kept

Word Meanings

*rāʾîtî*: I saw/I observed/I beheld
*ḇōḡəḏîm*: treacherous ones/traitors/faithless ones
*wāʾetqôṭāṭāh*: and I was grieved/and I loathed/and I was disgusted
*ʾimrātəkā*: your word/your saying/your promise
*šāmārû*: they kept/they observed/they guarded

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 139:21 : 21 Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
Ezek 9:4 : 4 And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.
Mark 3:5 : 5 And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.
Ps 119:53 : 53 Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
Ps 119:136 : 136 Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.

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