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Psalms 119:139

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119:139 My zeal 1  consumes 2  me,

for my enemies forget your instructions. 3 

Psalms 69:9

Context

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.



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