🎵WEB · Psalms 69:9
What does Psalms 69:9 mean?
"For the zeal of your house consumes me. The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me."
— Psalms 69:9 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Don’t let those who wait for you be shamed through me, Lord Yahweh of Armies. Don’t let those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me, God of Israel.
Because for your sake, I have borne reproach. Shame has covered my face.
I have become a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my mother’s children.
For the zeal of your house consumes me. The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.
When I wept and I fasted, that was to my reproach.
When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.
Those who sit in the gate talk about me. I am the song of the drunkards.
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