69:9 Certainly 1 zeal for 2 your house 3 consumes me;
I endure the insults of those who insult you. 4
119:139 My zeal 5 consumes 6 me,
for my enemies forget your instructions. 7
1 tn Or “for.” This verse explains that the psalmist’s suffering is due to his allegiance to God.
2 tn Or “devotion to.”
3 sn God’s house, the temple, here represents by metonymy God himself.
4 tn Heb “the insults of those who insult you fall upon me.”
5 tn or “zeal.”
6 tn Heb “destroys,” in a hyperbolic sense.
7 tn Heb “your words.”