Psalm 69:6-13

English Standard Version

⁶Let not those who hope in you ^(A)be put to shame through me,
    O Lord God of hosts;
let not those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me,
    O God of Israel.
⁷For it is ^(B)for your sake that I have borne reproach,
    that dishonor has covered my face.
⁸I have become ^(C)a stranger to my brothers,
    an alien to my mother's sons.

⁹For ^(D)zeal for your house has consumed me,
    and ^(E)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 ^(F)sackcloth my clothing,
    I became ^(G)a byword to them.
¹²I am the talk of those who ^(H)sit in the gate,
    and the drunkards make ^(I)songs about me.

¹³But as for me, my ^(J)prayer is to you, O Lord.
At ^(K)an acceptable time, O God,
in the abundance of your steadfast love answer me in your saving faithfulness.

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Psalm 69:10 Hebrew lacks and humbled

Psalm 69:6-13

New International Version

⁶Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    may those who hope in you
    not be disgraced because of me;
God of Israel,
    may those who seek you
    not be put to shame because of me.
⁷For I endure scorn^(A) for your sake,^(B)
    and shame covers my face.^(C)
⁸I am a foreigner to my own family,
    a stranger to my own mother’s children;^(D)
⁹for zeal for your house consumes me,^(E)
    and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.^(F)
¹⁰When I weep and fast,^(G)
    I must endure scorn;
¹¹when I put on sackcloth,^(H)
    people make sport of me.
¹²Those who sit at the gate^(I) mock me,
    and I am the song of the drunkards.^(J)