Psalms 69:9
(69-10) Because zeal for Thy house hath eaten me up, and the reproaches of them that reproach Thee are fallen upon me.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
8(69-9) I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.
10(69-11) And I wept with my soul fasting, and that became unto me a reproach.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 15:27And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bore the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the singers in the song; and David had upon him an ephod of linen.
Job 19:13He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me.
Psalms 89:41(89-42) All that pass by the way spoil him; he is become a taunt to his neighbours.
Psalms 119:139My zeal hath undone me, because mine adversaries have forgotten Thy words.
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 →