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Psalm 69:7-9
New English Translation
Psalm 69:7-9
New English Translation
7 For I suffer[a] humiliation for your sake[b]
and am thoroughly disgraced.[c]
8 My own brothers treat me like a stranger;
they act as if I were a foreigner.[d]
9 Certainly[e] zeal for[f] your house[g] consumes me;
I endure the insults of those who insult you.[h]
Footnotes
- Psalm 69:7 tn Heb “carry, bear.”
- Psalm 69:7 tn Heb “on account of you.”
- Psalm 69:7 tn Heb “and shame covers my face.”
- Psalm 69:8 tn Heb “and I am estranged to my brothers, and a foreigner to the sons of my mother.”
- Psalm 69:9 tn Or “for.” This verse explains that the psalmist’s suffering is due to his allegiance to God.
- Psalm 69:9 tn Or “devotion to.”
- Psalm 69:9 sn God’s house, the temple, here represents by metonymy God himself.
- Psalm 69:9 tn Heb “the insults of those who insult you fall upon me.”sn Jn 2:17 applies the first half of this verse to Jesus’ ministry in the context of John’s account of Jesus cleansing the temple.
Psalm 69:7-9
New International Version
Psalm 69:7-9
New International Version
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