My zeal consumes me, for my enemies forget your instructions.

Fire consumed their young men, and their virgins remained unmarried.

Yes, we are consumed by your anger; we are terrified by your wrath.

Like the fire that burns down the forest, or the flames that consume the mountainsides,

Certainly zeal for your house consumes me; I endure the insults of those who insult you.

You burn them up like a fiery furnace when you appear; the Lord angrily devours them; the fire consumes them.

Our God approaches and is not silent; consuming fire goes ahead of him and all around him a storm rages.

They will travel to Sheol like sheep, with death as their shepherd. The godly will rule over them when the day of vindication dawns; Sheol will consume their bodies and they will no longer live in impressive houses.

Angrily wipe them out! Wipe them out so they vanish! Let them know that God rules in Jacob and to the ends of the earth! (Selah)

I chase my enemies and catch them; I do not turn back until I wipe them out.

Please stop wounding me! You have almost beaten me to death!

How desolate they become in a mere moment! Terrifying judgments make their demise complete!

So he caused them to die unsatisfied and filled with terror.

Fire burned their group; the flames scorched the wicked.

I desperately long to know your regulations at all times.

You severely discipline people for their sins; like a moth you slowly devour their strength. Surely all people are a mere vapor. (Selah)

May my accusers be humiliated and defeated! May those who want to harm me be covered with scorn and disgrace!

May sinners disappear from the earth, and the wicked vanish! Praise the Lord, O my soul! Praise the Lord!

For my days go up in smoke, and my bones are charred like a fireplace.

Fire goes before him; on every side it burns up his enemies.