For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
Parallel translations
- WEB For the zeal of your house consumes me. The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.
- BSB because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.
- NKJV Because zeal for Your house has eaten me up, And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.
- NASB For zeal for Your house has consumed me, And the taunts of those who taunt You have fallen on me.
- NLT Passion for your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.
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Zeal for God's house consumes David, and the insults aimed at God fall on him. It shows wholehearted passion for God's honor.
Overview
David is so consumed with devotion to God's house and honor that the reproaches against God land on himself. The New Testament applies the first half to Jesus cleansing the temple (John 2:17) and the second half to Christ bearing reproaches for our sake (Romans 15:3). This verse vividly portrays the Messiah's burning zeal for God and his vicarious suffering.
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- Rom 15:3For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.
- John 2:14–17And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:
- Ps 119:139My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.
- Mark 11:15–17And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves;
- 1 Kgs 19:10And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
- Ps 89:50–51Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;
- Ps 89:41All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.
- 1 Chr 29:3Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house,
- 1 Chr 15:27–29And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of linen.
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