Psalms 69:7
(69:8) Because for thy sake have I borne reproach, hath confusion covered my face.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
In Context
8(69:9) A stranger am I become unto my brothers, and an alien unto my mother's children.
Cross References
Psalms 22:6(22:7) But I am a worm, and not a man, a reproach of men, and despised of people.
Psalms 44:22(44:23) But for thy sake are we slain all the day; we are counted as flocks [destined] for slaughter.
Isaiah 53:3He was despised and shunned by men; a man of pains, and acquainted with disease; and as one who hid his face from us was he despised, and we esteemed him not.
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 →