Psalms 118:139
My zeal hath made me pine away: because my enemies forgot thy words.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Tabescere me fecit zelus meus, quia obliti sunt verba tua inimici mei.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἐξέτηξέν με ὁ ζῆλος τοῦ οἴκου σου, ὅτι ἐπελάθοντο τῶν ἐντολῶν σου οἱ ἐχθροί μου.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 119:139
- צִמְּתַ֥תְנִי קִנְאָתִ֑י כִּֽי שָׁכְח֖וּ דְבָרֶ֣יךָ צָרָֽי
Haydock's commentary
My. Septuagint, "thy zeal." The just are animated with the zeal of God, like St. Paul. The enemies here mentioned were the Israelites, who attacked David, and not the Babylonians, who never knew God's law, or apostate captives, since we do not find that they attempted to injure Daniel, &c. (Berthier)
Many, however, both at Ninive and Babylon prevaricated, Tobias i. 12. (Calmet)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Tadze
137. But what is it that followeth: “My zeal hath caused me to pine” ( ver. 139 ); or, as other copies read, Thy zeal? Others have also, “The zeal of Thy house:” and, “hath eaten me up,” instead of, “hath caused me to pine.” This, as it seems to me, has been considered as an emendation to be introduced from another Psalm, where it is written, “The zeal of Thy house hath eaten me up:” a text quoted also, as we know, in the Gospel. The two words, however, “hath caused me to pine,” and “hath eaten me up,” are somewhat like. …