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II

God, you know my folly;
    my faults are not hidden from you.

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For it is on your account I bear insult,
    that disgrace covers my face.(A)
I have become an outcast to my kindred,
    a stranger to my mother’s children.(B)
10 Because zeal for your house has consumed me,[a]
    I am scorned by those who scorn you.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 69:10 Zeal for your house has consumed me: the psalmist’s commitment to God’s cause brings only opposition, cf. Jn 2:17. I am scorned by those who scorn you: Rom 15:3 uses the verse as an example of Jesus’ unselfishness.

III

14 But I will pray to you, Lord,
    at a favorable time.
God, in your abundant kindness, answer me
    with your sure deliverance.(A)

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