Psalms 119:139 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹³⁹My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.

Psalms 119:139 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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 21:16
And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?

Topics

Affections Decision Zeal, Religious

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 139)

Here is, 1. The great contempt which wicked men put upon religion: My enemies have forgotten thy words. They have often heard them, but so little did they heed them that they soon forgot them, they willingly forgot them, not only through carelessness let them slip out of their minds, but contrived how to cast them behind their backs. This is at the bottom of all the wickedness of the wicked, and p…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 139)

137-139. God’s justice and faithfulness in His government aggravate the neglect of the wicked, and more excite the lively zeal of His people.