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Psalms 119:139
139I am so upset that it almost kills me, because my enemies do not accept your message.
Psalms 119:139 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.
- New International Version (NIV)My zeal wears me out, for my enemies ignore your words.
- English Standard Version (ESV)My zeal consumes me, because my foes forget your words.
- New King James Version (NKJV)My zeal has consumed me, Because my enemies have forgotten Your words.
Context of Psalms 119:139
137Lord, you are righteous and your laws are completely fair. 138The rules that you have given to us are good and right. We can trust them completely. I am so upset that it almost kills me, because my enemies do not accept your message. 140I know that your promises are completely true. I love them more than anything. 141I am not important enough for people to respect me, but I do not forget your teaching.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:139 word by word
צִמְּתַ֥תְנִי קִנְאָתִ֑י כִּֽי־שָׁכְח֖וּ דְבָרֶ֣יךָ צָרָֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:139
- Psalms 69:9My love for your house burns inside me like a fire. Anybody who insults you, is also insulting me!
- 1 Kings 19:10Elijah replied, ‘The Israelites have turned away from the covenant that you made with them. They have destroyed your altars. They have killed your prophets with swords. But I have always served the Lord God Almighty faithfully. Now I am the only prophet that is still alive and they are trying to kill me too.’
- John 2:17His disciples remembered what it says in the Bible: ‘My love for your house burns inside me like a fire.’
- Psalms 53:4People who do wicked things understand nothing. They destroy my people as easily as they eat bread. They never pray to God.
- Matthew 9:13Go and study what it says in the Bible. God says there, “I want people to be kind to each other. I do not want them only to offer sacrifices to me.” Some people think that they always obey God. I did not come to help people like that. Some people know that they have done wrong things. I am asking those people to come to me for help.’
- Matthew 12:3Jesus replied, ‘You have certainly read about what David did one day. He and the men who were with him were hungry.
- Matthew 15:4God's Law says: “You must love your father and mother and obey them.” God also said, “A person should die if he says bad things against his father or against his mother.”
- Matthew 21:13Jesus spoke to them all. He said, ‘The Bible says, “God's house will be a place where people come together to pray.” But you have changed it into a place where robbers meet.’
- Matthew 22:29Jesus said to the Sadducees, ‘You are wrong. This is because you do not know the Bible. And you do not know how powerful God is.
- Acts 13:27The people who were living in Jerusalem, and their leaders, did not understand about Jesus. They did not know that he was God's special man. Every Jewish day of rest, someone reads aloud the messages of God's prophets. But the people in Jerusalem did not understand. Instead, they said that Jesus had done bad things. They said that he should die. In that way, they caused the message of the prophets to become true.
- Acts 28:23So the Jewish leaders in Rome chose a day to meet again with Paul. When that day arrived, a large number of Jews came to the house where Paul was staying. Paul talked to them from the morning until the evening. He explained his message about the kingdom of God. He showed them what Moses and the other prophets had written in the Bible. He tried to show them that Jesus was God's special Messiah.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:139
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 139My zeal hath consumed me - Margin, “cut me off.” The word which is here translated “consumed” is rendered “cut off” in Lamentations 3:53; Job 23:17; Psalm 54:5; Psalm 88:16; Psalm 94:23; Psalm 101:5; Psalm 143:12; “vanish,” Job 6:17; “destroyed,” Psalm 73:27; 2 Samuel 22:41; Psalm 18:40; Psalm 101:8; Psalm 69:4. It means here, that he pined away; that his strength was exhausted; that he was sinking under the efforts which he had put forth as expressive of…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 137-144Verses 137-144 God never did, and never can do wrong to any. The promises are faithfully performed by Him that made them. Zeal against sin should constrain us to do what we can against it, at least to do more in religion ourselves. Our love to the word of God is evidence of our love to God, because it is designed to make us partake his holiness. Men's real excellency always makes them low in their own eyes. When we are small and despised, we have the more…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 139The psalmist feels angry (compare Psalm 69:9) because he sees wicked people ignoring God's word.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 137-139137-139. God's justice and faithfulness in His government aggravate the neglect of the wicked, and more excite the lively zeal of His people.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 119
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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