Psalms 69:7
For because of Thee I have borne reproach, Shame hath covered my face.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
In Context
8A stranger I have been to my brother, And a foreigner to sons of my mother.
Cross References
Psalms 22:6And I [am] a worm, and no man, A reproach of man, and despised of the people.
Psalms 44:22Surely, for Thy sake we have been slain all the day, Reckoned as sheep of the slaughter.
Isaiah 53:3He is despised, and left of men, A man of pains, and acquainted with sickness, And as one hiding the face from us, He is despised, and we esteemed him not.
Matthew 26:67Then did they spit in his face and buffet him, and others did slap,
Matthew 27:38Then crucified with him are two robbers, one on the right hand, and one on the left,
Luke 23:35And the people were standing, looking on, and the rulers also were sneering with them, saying, 'Others he saved, let him save himself, if this be the Christ, the choice one 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 →