Psalms 119:139

My zeal hath consumed me -Margin, “cut me off.” The word which is here translated “consumed” is rendered “cut off” inLamentations 3:53;Job 23:17;Psalms 54:5;Psalms 88:16;Psalms 94:23;Psalms 101:5;Psalms 143:12; “vanish,”Job 6:17; “destroyed,”Psalms 73:27;2 Samuel 22:41;Psalms 18:40;Psalms 101:8;Psalms 69:4. It means here, that he pined away; that his strength was exhausted; that he was sinking under the efforts which he had put forth as expressive of his deep interest in the cause of God and of truth. On the sentiment here expressed, see the notes atPsalms 69:9. Because mine enemies have forgotten thy words -Thy law; thy commands.