English Standard Version
Psalms 119:139
139My zeal consumes me, because my foes forget your words.
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)My zeal has consumed me, Because my enemies have forgotten Your words.
- New Living Translation (NLT)I am overwhelmed with indignation, for my enemies have disregarded your words.
Context of Psalms 119:139
137Righteous are you, O Lord, and right are your rules. 138You have appointed your testimonies in righteousness and in all faithfulness. My zeal consumes me, because my foes forget your words. 140Your promise is well tried, and your servant loves it. 141I am small and despised, yet I do not forget your precepts.
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 69:9For zeal for your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.
- 1 Kings 19:10He said, "I have been very jealous for the Lord, the God of hosts. For the people of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword, and I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life, to take it away."
- John 2:17His disciples remembered that it was written, "Zeal for your house will consume me."
- Psalms 53:4Have those who work evil no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and do not call upon God?
- Matthew 9:13Go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.' For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners."
- Matthew 12:3He said to them, "Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him:
- Matthew 15:4For God commanded, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.'
- Matthew 21:13He said to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer,' but you make it a den of robbers."
- Matthew 22:29But Jesus answered them, "You are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God.
- Acts 13:27For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers, because they did not recognize him nor understand the utterances of the prophets, which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him.
- Acts 28:23When they had appointed a day for him, they came to him at his lodging in greater numbers. From morning till evening he expounded to them, testifying to the kingdom of God and trying to convince them about Jesus both from the Law of Moses and from the Prophets.
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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