Psalms 119:139 · KJV
“My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words. {consumed...: Heb. cut me off}”
— Psalms 119:139
Thy testimonies {that} thou hast commanded {are} righteous and very faithful. {righteous: Heb. righteousness} {faithful: Heb. faithfulness}
Thy word {is} very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it. {pure: Heb. tried, or, refined}
Psalms 119 — Context
TZADDI. Righteous {art} thou, O LORD, and upright {are} thy judgments.
138Thy testimonies {that} thou hast commanded {are} righteous and very faithful. {righteous: Heb. righteousness} {faithful: Heb. faithfulness}
139My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words. {consumed...: Heb. cut me off}
140Thy word {is} very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it. {pure: Heb. tried, or, refined}
141I {am} small and despised: {yet} do not I forget thy precepts.
Cross References
John 2:17
And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.
Psalms 69:9
For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
Acts 13:27
For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled {them} in condemning {him}.
1 Kings 19:10
And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, {even} I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
Matthew 21:13
And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
Matthew 21:42
Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
Acts 28:23-27
And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into {his} lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and {out of} the prophets, from morning till evening.
Psalms 53:4
Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people {as} they eat bread: they have not called upon God.