My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.
The verse belongs to a psalm that exalts God's law and sets forth His Word as the guide for life. It expresses a zeal that consumes the speaker because enemies have forgotten God's words. It is to be declared with an earnest voice before a large assembly as meaning that the wickedness of the world has reached the point where the Lord will certainly interfere and arise to punish bold and defiant wickedness against His holy law.
It marvels at God's very great forbearance toward continual insult to His holy commandments. In that forbearance He puts constraint upon His own attributes and exerts His omnipotence over Himself, bearing long with continual increase of defiance against the laws given to govern the human beings He created. Even so He still gives continual light to those who remain obedient. It sees life becoming intolerable because of cruelty, because men have changed His laws.
The verse belongs to a psalm that exalts God's law and sets forth His Word as the guide for life. It expresses a zeal that consumes the speaker because enemies have forgotten God's words. It is to be declared with an earnest voice before a large assembly as meaning that the wickedness of the world has reached the point where the Lord will certainly interfere and arise to punish bold and defiant wickedness against His holy law.
It marvels at God's very great forbearance toward continual insult to His holy commandments. In that forbearance He puts constraint upon His own attributes and exerts His omnipotence over Himself, bearing long with continual increase of defiance against the laws given to govern the human beings He created. Even so He still gives continual light to those who remain obedient. It sees life becoming intolerable because of cruelty, because men have changed His laws.