HIS ZEAL FOR HIS FATHER'S HOUSE CONSUMED HIM

When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover,

Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

In the Temple courts

He found men selling cattle, sheep and doves,

And others siting a tables exchanging money.

So He made a whip out of cords,

And Drove all from the Temple area,

Both sheep and cattle;

He scattered the coins of the money changers

And overturned their tables.

To those who sold doves He said,

'GET THESE OUT OF HERE!

HOW DARE YOU TURN MY FATHER'S HOUSE INTO A MARKET!'

His Disciples remembered that it is written:

'ZEAL FOR YOUR HOUSE WILL CONSUME ME.' [Psalm 69:9]

(John 2:13-17)

SAME ME, O GOD,

For the waters have come up to My Neck.

I Sink in the Miry Depths, where there is No Foothold.

I have come into the Deep Waters;

The Floods Engulf Me.

I AM Worn Out Calling for Help;

My throat is Parched My eyes Fail, looking for My God.

Those who HATE Me without Reason

Outnumber the hairs of My head;

Many are My Enemies without Cause,

THOSE WHO SEEK TO DESTROY ME.

I AM forced to restore what I did not Steal

You know My Folly, O God;

My Guilt is not Hidden from You.

May those who Hope in You not be disgraced because of Me,

O Lord, the Lord Almighty;

May those who seek You not be put to Shame because of Me,

O God of Israel.

FOR I ENDURE SCORN FOR YOUR SAKE,

And Shame covers My Face.

I AM a Stranger to My brothers,

An ALIEN to My own mother's sons;

FOR ZEAL FOR YOUR HOUSE CONSUMES ME,

And the Insults of those who Insult You fall on Me.

When I weep and fast, I must endure Scorn;

When I put on Sackcloth people make Sport of Me.

Those who sit at the Gate Mock Me,

And I AM the songs of the Drunkards.

But I Pray to You, O Lord,

In the Time of Your Favor;

In Your Great Love, O God answer Me with Your Sure Salvation.

Rescue me from the Mire, Do not let me Sink;

Deliver Me from those who HATE Me,

From the Deep Waters.

Do not let the Floodwaters Engulf Me

Or the Depths Swallow Me up

Or the Pit close its mouth over Me.

Answer Me, O Lord, out of the Goodness of Your Love;

In Your Great Mercy turn to Me.

DO NOT HIDE YOUR FACE FROM YOUR SERVANT;

Answer Me Quickly, for I AM in Trouble.

Come Near and Rescue Me;

Redeem Me because of My Foes.

You know how I AM Scored, Disgraced and Shamed;

All My Enemies are before You.

SCORN HAS BROKEN MY HEART AND HAS LEFT ME HELPLESS;

I looked for Sympathy, but there was None.

They put Gall in My food and gave Me Vinegar for my Thirst.

May the Table set before them become a Snare;

May it become Retribution and a Trap.

May their eyes be Darkened so they cannot see,

And their Backs be Bent Forever.

Pour out Your Wrath on them;

Let Your Fierce Anger overtake them.

May their Place be Deserted;

Let there be No One to Dwell in their Tents.

For they Persecute those You Wound

And talk about the Pain of those You hurt.

Charge them with Crime upon Crime;

Do not let them Share in Your Salvation.

May they be Blotted Out of The Book of LIFE

And not be Listed with the Righteous.

I WILL PRAISE GOD'S NAME IN SONG

And Glorify Him with Thanksgiving.

This will Please the Lord more than an ox,

More than a bull with its horns and hoofs.

The Poor will see and be glad--

YOU WHO SEEK THE LORD, MAY YOUR HEARTS LIVE!

The Lord hears the Needy

And does not Despise His Captive People.

LET HEAVEN AND EARTH PRAISE HIM,

The Seas and all that move in them,

FOR GOD WILL SAVE ZION

And Rebuild the Cites of Judah.

Then the People will Settle there and Possess it;

The Children of His Servants will Inherit it,

AND THOSE WHO LOVE HIS NAME WILL DWELL THERE.

(Psalm 69)

The Lot of those who follow the Lord is a Trial.

It was a Trial for Christ Jesus; He was Hated.

Yet the Zeal for His Father's House Consumed Him,

And it is That which got Him Through.

The godless will Always Hate the Righteous;

They are doing the will of their father, Satan.