Psalms 69:7
\69:6\Let not those who have hope in you be put to shame because of me, O Lord God of armies: let not those who are waiting for you be made low because of me, O God of Israel.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
In Context
6\69:5\O God, you see how foolish I am; and my wrongdoing is clear to you.
8\69:7\I have been wounded with sharp words because of you; my face has been covered with shame.
Cross References
Psalms 22:6\22:5\They sent up their cry to you and were made free: they put their faith in you and were not put to shame.
Psalms 44:22\44:21\Will not God make search for it? for he sees the secrets of the heart.
Isaiah 53:3Men made sport of him, turning away from him; he was a man of sorrows, marked by disease; and like one from whom men's faces are turned away, he was looked down on, and we put no value on him.
Matthew 26:67Then they put shame on him, and were cruel to him: and some gave him blows, saying,
Matthew 27:38Then two thieves were put on crosses with him, one on the right and one on the left.
Luke 23:35And the people were looking on. And the rulers made sport of him, saying, He was a saviour of others; let him do something for himself, if he is the Christ, the man of God's selection.
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 →