2 Peter 2:7-8

2 Peter 2:7-8 and delivered righteous Lot, sore distressed by the lascivious life of the wicked (for that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their lawless deeds);

Expanded Translation

and delivered (saved, rescued) righteous (upright, just) Lot, who was worn out (because of the pain of mind and distress caused) by the unrestrained, insolent, immoral way of living of those without law or rule. For that righteous man in seeing and hearing (their deeds and words) while living among them, was tormenting, torturing, and afflicting his righteous soul from day to day with their lawless deeds.

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and delivered righteous Lot

See Genesis, Chap. 19. Because the contrast with Abraham is ever present in the reader's mind, so that the most lasting impressions are made by Lot's selfishness, worldliness, vacillation, cowardice, and finally his drunkenness and incest, our tendency is to label him un-righteous. Peter, though, is fair-minded, and gives credit where credit is due. His life taken as a whole, was righteous, especially when compared to those around him.

sore distressed by the lascivious life of the wicked

The word kataponeo (sore distressed) means to exhaust by labor or suffering, to be, as it were, beat from the distress, pain, or agony of a thing. It is to Lot's credit that his conscience was not seared and his heart was not hardened by his surroundings. It seems, however, that his daughters and wife were not distressed by their surroundings. Rather, they were influenced toward wrong by those wicked inhabitants. See lascivious (aselgeia) discussed under 1 Peter 4:3.

vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their lawless deeds

That is, because of what he saw and heard of their actions he vexed his soul. The word vexed is basanizo, and means properly to apply the lapis Lydis or touchstone. This was a species of stone from Lydia, dark in color, which, being applied to metals was thought to indicate any alloy which might be mixed with them and, therefore, used in the trial of metals. Used here metaphorically, basanizo means to torture, torment, distress.