Psalms 69:7
Because for thy sake I have borne reproach, shame has covered my face.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
In Context
8I have become a stranger to my brothers, and an alien to my mother's sons.
Cross References
Psalms 22:6But I am a worm, and no man, a reproach of men, and despised by the people.
Psalms 44:22Yea, for thy sake we are killed all the day long. We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
Isaiah 53:3He was despised, and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief. And as him from whom men hide their face he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Matthew 26:67Then they spat in his face and struck him with a fist. And some slapped him,
Matthew 27:38Then two robbers are crucified with him, one at the right hand and one at the left.
Luke 23:35And the people had stood watching. And also the rulers with them sneered, saying, He saved others. He should save himself, if this is the Christ, the chosen of God.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 69:2-13
Complaints and Petitions. 1 Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul. 2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. 3 I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God. 4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away. 5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins… Read the whole commentary →