Psalms 69:10
For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up: and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.
In Context
9I am become a stranger to my brethren, and an alien to the sons of my mother.
11And I covered my soul in fasting: and it was made a reproach to me.
Cross References
Psalms 35:13But as for me, when they were troublesome to me, I was clothed with haircloth. I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer shall be turned into my bosom.
Psalms 109:24My knees are weakened through fasting: and my flesh is changed for oil.
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 →