Psalms 69:7
Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; Shame hath covered my face.
ASV Byzantine Text
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 children.
Cross References
Psalms 22:6But I am a worm, and no man; A reproach of men, and despised of the people.
Psalms 44:22Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
Isaiah 53:3He was despised, and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and as one from whom men hide their face he was despised; and we esteemed him not.
Matthew 26:67Then did they spit in his face and buffet him: and some smote him with the palms of their hands,
Matthew 27:38Then are there 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 scoffed at him, saying, He saved others; let him 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 →