Psalms 119:139
“My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.”
Righteous art thou, O Lord, and upright are thy judgments.
Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful.
My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.
Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.
I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.
Counter-Arguments
The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.
Cross-References
“And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.”
“For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.”
“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 also forget thy children.”
“For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.”
“And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.”