IiNdumiso 119:139

Izhibhalo Ezingcwele

139 Ikhwele lam lindibhangisile, Ngokuba abandibandezelayo bewalibele amazwi akho.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

zeal: Psalms 69:9, 1 Kings 19:10, 1 Kings 19:14, John 2:17

consumed me: or, cut me off

because: Psalms 53:4, Matthew 9:13, Matthew 12:3-5, Matthew 15:4-6, Matthew 21:13, Matthew 21:16, Matthew 21:42, Matthew 22:29, Acts 13:27, Acts 28:23-27

Reciprocal: Numbers 25:13 - zealous Deuteronomy 26:13 - forgotten Hosea 4:6 - seeing Matthew 15:6 - Thus 2 Corinthians 7:11 - zeal Galatians 4:18 - it is 2 Peter 2:8 - in seeing

Gill's Notes on the Bible

My zeal hath consumed me,.... Zeal for God and his glory, for his word and ordinances and worship; which is a fervour of the mind, burning love, and flaming affections for God, shown in a holy indignation against sin and sinners. This was a zeal according to knowledge, sincere and hearty, and what continued; and which was shown in embracing and defending the truths of the word, and resenting every indignity cast upon them; to such a degree, that it ate up his spirit, wore away his flesh, and almost consumed him; see Psalms 69:9;

because mine enemies have forgotten thy words; not merely through an indifference to them, and inattention in hearing them; nor through want of an earnest heed to keep and retain them; nor through negligence in laying them up, and a carelessness in making use of proper means to recollect them; but through an aversion to them, an hatred of them, and a spiteful malicious contempt of them, casting them away and despising them; which stirred up the spirit of the psalmist, and raised such an emotion in him as was almost too much for him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

My 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; Psalms 54:5; Psalms 88:16; Psalms 94:23; Psalms 101:5; Psalms 143:12; “vanish,” Job 6:17; “destroyed,” Psalms 73:27; 2 Samuel 22:41; Psalms 18:40; Psalms 101:8; Psalms 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 his deep interest in the cause of God and of truth. On the sentiment here expressed, see the notes at Psalms 69:9.

Because mine enemies have forgotten thy words - Thy law; thy commands. It was not because they were his foes - not because he was endeavoring to destroy them, or to take vengeance on them - but because they were unmindful of God, and of the claims of his law. It is a great triumph which religion gains over a man’s soul, when, in looking on the conduct of persecutors, calumniators, and slanderers - of those who are constantly doing us wrong - we are more grieved because they violate the law of God than because they injure us; when our solicitude is turned from ourselves, and terminates on our regard for the honor of God and his law. Yet that is the nature of true religion; and that we should be able to find in ourselves in such circumstances. A man should doubt the evidence of his personal religion, if all his feelings terminate on the wrong done to himself by the wicked conduct of others; if he has no feeling of solicitude because the law of God has been violated, and God has been dishonored. Compare the notes at Psalms 119:136.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 119:139. My zeal hath consumed me — My earnest desire to promote thy glory, and the pain I feel at seeing transgressions multiplied, have worn down both my flesh and spirits.