119:139 My zeal 1 consumes 2 me,
for my enemies forget your instructions. 3
69:9 Certainly 4 zeal for 5 your house 6 consumes me;
I endure the insults of those who insult you. 7
1 tn or “zeal.”
2 tn Heb “destroys,” in a hyperbolic sense.
3 tn Heb “your words.”
4 tn Or “for.” This verse explains that the psalmist’s suffering is due to his allegiance to God.
5 tn Or “devotion to.”
6 sn God’s house, the temple, here represents by metonymy God himself.
7 tn Heb “the insults of those who insult you fall upon me.”
sn Jn 2:17 applies the first half of this verse to Jesus’ ministry in the context of John’s account of Jesus cleansing the temple.