Psalms 119:139
My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.
KJV
My zeal hath consumed me, Because mine adversaries have forgotten thy words.
ASV
צִמְּתַ֥תְ/נִי קִנְאָתִ֑/י כִּֽי שָׁכְח֖וּ דְבָרֶ֣י/ךָ צָרָֽ/י
Hebrew
Cut me off hath my zeal, For mine adversaries forgot Thy words.
YLT
My zeal wears me out, because my enemies ignore your words.
WEB
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
דְבַר
dbr
noun · 1449×
ו
v
verb · 107×
י
y
noun · 43×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
ם
m
verb · 15×
שָׁכָֽחְתִּי
shkchty
verb · 102×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 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 o
- 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.
- Gal 4:18 — But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.
- Hos 4:6 — My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will
- John 2:17 — And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.
- John 2:17 — And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.
- Ps 69:9 — For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
- Ps 69:9 — For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.