Psalm 119:139 {118:139}
Good News Translation
My anger burns in me like a fire, because my enemies disregard your commands.

New Revised Standard Version
My zeal consumes me because my foes forget your words.

Contemporary English Version
It upsets me greatly when my enemies neglect your teachings.

New American Bible
I am consumed with rage, because my foes forget your words.

Douay-Rheims Bible
My zeal hath made me pine away: because my enemies forgot thy words.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

My zeal hath made me pine away: because my enemies forgot thy words.

zeal

Psalm 69:9 For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up: and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

1 Kings 19:10,14 And he answered: With zeal have I been zealous for the Lord God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant: they have thrown down thy altars, they have slain thy prophets with the sword, and I alone am left, and they seek my life to take it away. . . .

John 2:17 And his disciples remembered, that it was written: The zeal of thy house hath eaten me up.

consumed me.

Psalm 53:4 Shall not all the workers of iniquity know, who eat up my people as they eat bread?

Matthew 9:13 Go then and learn what this meaneth, I will have mercy and not sacrifice. For I am not come to call the just, but sinners.

Matthew 12:3-5 But he said to them: Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and they that were with him: . . .

Matthew 15:4-6 Honour thy father and mother: And: He that shall curse father or mother, let him die the death. . . .

Matthew 21:13,16,42 And he saith to them: It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but you have made it a den of thieves. . . .

Matthew 22:29 And Jesus answering, said to them: You err, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God.

Acts 13:27 For they that inhabited Jerusalem and the rulers thereof, not knowing him, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath, judging him, have fulfilled them.

Acts 28:23-27 And when they had appointed him a day, there came very many to him unto his lodgings. To whom he expounded, testifying the kingdom of God and persuading them concerning Jesus, out of the law of Moses and the prophets, from morning until evening. . . .

Context
Your Word is a Lamp to My Feet
138Thou hast commanded justice thy testimonies: and thy truth exceedingly. 139My zeal hath made me pine away: because my enemies forgot thy words.140Thy word is exceedingly refined: and thy servant hath loved it.…
Cross References
John 2:17
And his disciples remembered, that it was written: The zeal of thy house hath eaten me up.

Psalm 69:9
For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up: and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

Psalm 119:138
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