Psalms 69:9
(69:10) Because the zeal for thy house hath devoured me; and the reproaches of those that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
8(69:9) A stranger am I become unto my brothers, and an alien unto my mother's children.
10(69:11) When I wept at the fasting of my soul, it became a reproach to me.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 15:27And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and [so were] all the Levites that carried the ark, and the singers, and Kenanyahu the chief in conducting the singing of the singers; but David had also upon him an ephod of linen.
Job 19:13My brothers hath he removed far from me, and my acquaintance are entirely estranged from me.
Psalms 89:41(89:42) All that pass by the way plunder him: he is become a reproach to his neighbors.
Psalms 119:139My zeal destroyeth me; because my assailants 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 →