“ My zeal hath consumedn me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words. ”
My zeal hath consumed me - Margin, “cut me off.” The word which is here translated “consumed” is rendered “cut off” in Lamentations 3:53 ; Job 23:17 ; Psalms 54:5 ; Psalms 88:16 ; Psalms 94:...
CXIX. Praise of the Law. This is the longest and most artificial Ps. in the whole collection. It is divided into twenty-two strophes, each beginning with one of the twenty-two letters of the Heb. a...
139. My zeal hath consumed me. (17) The Psalmist speaks of his persecutors, by whom it is certain he had been subjected to much trouble. But although they were virulent and cruel towards hi...
My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words. My zeal hath consumed me - My earnest desire to promote thy glory, and the pain I feel at seeing transgressions multiplied, ha...
My zeal hath consumed me— See Psalms 69:9 . "My zeal towards thy law, which my enemies violate and contemn." The original of very pure, in the next verse, is, tried in the fire; an allusion to...
My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words. My zeal hath consumed me - ( Psalms 69:9 .) because mine enemies have forgotten thy words - not from defect of memor...
The longest Ps. and the best example of an alphabetical Ps. There are in it twenty-two stanzas; each of the 8 vv. of each stanza commences with the same Hebrew letter. The subject is practically the...
Psalms 119:1-176 IT is lost labour to seek for close continuity or progress in this psalm. One thought pervades it-the surpassing excellence of the Law; and the beauty and power of the psalm lie i...
Why Love God's Word? Psalms 119:129-144 What a beautiful soul this is that utters itself in these stanzas! The psalmist acknowledges his simplicity; is quite content to be among the unknown and...
Any dealing with this psalm must necessarily be general and not particular. It has been called the psalm of the Law, not inaccurately; but the term, "The Law," should be understood in its widest sign...
TZADDI. In this portion is that memorable verse which throws a light upon the whole Psalm, and fully authorizes us to apply many parts of it directly to the person of Jesus. The passage is, My zeal...
My zeal hath consumed me ,.... Zeal for God and his glory, for his word and ordinances and worship; which is a fervour of the mind, burning love, and flaming affections for God, shown in a holy indi...
My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words. Ver. 139. My zeal hath consumed me ] Hath meagred and impaired me much. In the Hebrew the last letter is doubled, to increa...
My zeal hath consumed me My zeal toward thy law, which my enemies violate and contemn. “Zeal is a high degree of love; and when the object of that love is ill treated, it vents itself in a mixture...
139 My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words. Here is, 1. The great contempt which wicked men put upon religion: My enemies have forgotten thy words....
Hath consumed me; I am tormented and cut to the heart with grief and anger at it. Have forgotten thy words, i.e. despise and disobey them; which in Scripture use is oft called a forgetting of the...
INTRODUCTION 1. Date and authorship. Some ascribe the authorship to “David, before his accession to the kingdom, in exile and peril ( Psalms 119:9 ; Psalms 119:23 ; Psalms 119:46 ; Psalms 119:141...
Psalms 119:129 . Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them. Every true believer admires God's Word; and, more than that, it amazes him: «Thy testimonies are wonderful.» View...
That David was the author of this psalm, no one ever doubted. It is divided into twenty two octo-distichs, having a letter of the Hebrew alphabet at the head of each distich; and the couplets are mos...
Righteous art Thou, O Lord, and upright are Thy judgments. The testimony of a tried saint I. His testimony concerning God. 1. Concerning the Divine character (verses 137,142). (1) God’s r...
EXPOSITION This is an "alphabetic psalm" of a more stringent character than any other. It consists of twenty-two stanzas, each of eight verses, every verse in each stanza beginning with its own...
Tzaddi. The Proper Appreciation of the Word of God.
1 Kings 19:10 ; 1 Kings 19:14 ; Acts 13:27 ; Acts 28:23-27 ; John 2:17 ; Matthew 12:3-5 ; Matthew 15:4-6 ; Matthew 21:13 ; Matthew 21:16 ; Matthew 21:42 ; Matthew 22:29 ; Matthew 9:13 ;...