Psalm 69:7-18

English Standard Version

⁷For it is ^(A)for your sake that I have borne reproach,
that dishonor has covered my face.
⁸I have become ^(B)a stranger to my brothers,
an alien to my mother's sons.

⁹For ^(C)zeal for your house has consumed me,
    and ^(D)the reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.
¹⁰When I wept and humbled^[a] my soul with fasting,
    it became my reproach.
¹¹When I made ^(E)sackcloth my clothing,
    I became ^(F)a byword to them.
¹²I am the talk of those who ^(G)sit in the gate,
    and the drunkards make ^(H)songs about me.

¹³But as for me, my ^(I)prayer is to you, O Lord.
    At ^(J)an acceptable time, O God,
    in the abundance of your steadfast love answer me in your saving faithfulness.
¹⁴Deliver me
    from sinking in ^(K)the mire;
^(L)let me be delivered from my enemies
    and from ^(M)the deep waters.
¹⁵Let not the flood sweep over me,
    or the deep swallow me up,
    or ^(N)the pit close ^(O)its mouth over me.

¹⁶Answer me, O Lord, for your ^(P)steadfast love is good;
    according to your abundant ^(Q)mercy, ^(R)turn to me.
¹⁷^(S)Hide not your face from your servant,
    ^(T)for I am in distress; ^(U)make haste to answer me.
¹⁸Draw near to my soul, redeem me;
    ransom me because of my enemies!

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Footnotes

Psalm 69:10 Hebrew lacks and humbled

Romans 6:1-7

English Standard Version

Dead to Sin, Alive to God

6 What shall we say then? ^(A)Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? ²By no means! How can ^(B)we who died to sin still live in it? ³Do you not know that all of us ^(C)who have been baptized ^(D)into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? ⁴We were ^(E)buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as ^(F)Christ was raised from the dead by ^(G)the glory of the Father, we too might walk in ^(H)newness of life.

⁵For ^(I)if we have been united with him in ^(J)a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. ⁶We know that ^(K)our old self^[a] ^(L)was crucified with him in order that ^(M)the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. ⁷For ^(N)one who has died ^(O)has been set free^[b] from sin.