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

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

13 But 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.
14 Deliver me
    from sinking in (K)the mire;
(L)let me be delivered from my enemies
    and from (M)the deep waters.
15 Let not the flood sweep over me,
    or the deep swallow me up,
    or (N)the pit close (O)its mouth over me.

16 Answer 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.
18 Draw near to my soul, redeem me;
    ransom me because of my enemies!

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  1. Psalm 69:10 Hebrew lacks and humbled

For I endure scorn(A) for your sake,(B)
    and shame covers my face.(C)
I am a foreigner to my own family,
    a stranger to my own mother’s children;(D)
for zeal for your house consumes me,(E)
    and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.(F)
10 When I weep and fast,(G)
    I must endure scorn;
11 when I put on sackcloth,(H)
    people make sport of me.
12 Those who sit at the gate(I) mock me,
    and I am the song of the drunkards.(J)

13 But I pray to you, Lord,
    in the time of your favor;(K)
in your great love,(L) O God,
    answer me with your sure salvation.
14 Rescue me from the mire,
    do not let me sink;
deliver me from those who hate me,
    from the deep waters.(M)
15 Do not let the floodwaters(N) engulf me
    or the depths swallow me up(O)
    or the pit close its mouth over me.(P)

16 Answer me, Lord, out of the goodness of your love;(Q)
    in your great mercy turn to me.
17 Do not hide your face(R) from your servant;
    answer me quickly,(S) for I am in trouble.(T)
18 Come near and rescue me;
    deliver(U) me because of my foes.

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Dead to Sin, Alive to God

What shall we say then? (A)Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? By no means! How can (B)we who died to sin still live in it? Do you not know that all of us (C)who have been baptized (D)into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We 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.

For (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. We 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. For (N)one who has died (O)has been set free[b] from sin.

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  1. Romans 6:6 Greek man
  2. Romans 6:7 Greek has been justified

Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ

What shall we say, then?(A) Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase?(B) By no means! We are those who have died to sin;(C) how can we live in it any longer? Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized(D) into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death(E) in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead(F) through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.(G)

For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his.(H) For we know that our old self(I) was crucified with him(J) so that the body ruled by sin(K) might be done away with,[a] that we should no longer be slaves to sin(L) because anyone who has died has been set free from sin.(M)

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  1. Romans 6:6 Or be rendered powerless