Psalms 69:7
Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; confusion hath covered my face.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
In Context
8I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's sons;
Cross References
Psalms 22:6But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and the despised of the people.
Psalms 44:22But for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are reckoned as sheep for slaughter.
Isaiah 53:3He is despised and left alone of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief, and like one from whom [men] hide their faces; despised, and we esteemed him not.
Matthew 26:67Then they spit in his face, and buffeted him, and some struck him with the palms of their hand,
Matthew 27:38Then are crucified with him two robbers, one on the right hand and one on the left.
Luke 23:35And the people stood beholding, and the rulers also [with them] sneered, saying, He has saved others; let him save himself if this is the Christ, the chosen one 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 →