Psalms 69:9
Because, zeal for thy house, hath eaten me up, And, the reproaches of them who have reproached thee, have fallen upon me.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
8One estranged, have I become, to my own brethren, Yea, an alien, to the sons of my own mother;
10When I have humbled my soul with fasting, Then hath it turned to my reproach;
Cross References
1 Chronicles 15:27Now, David, was wrapped about with a robe of byssus, with all the Levites who were bearing the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the leader of the service rendered by the singers,—but, upon David, was an ephod of white linen.
Job 19:13My Brethren—from beside me, hath he moved far away, and, mine acquaintance, are wholly estranged from me;
Psalms 89:41All the passers by the way, have plundered him, He hath become a reproach to his neighbours;
Psalms 119:139My zeal, hath put an end to me, for mine adversaries have forgotten thy words.
John 2:14And he found, in the temple, them that were selling oxen and sheep and doves, also the money-changers sitting.
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 →