Psalm 69:7

7 For it is ¹for your sake that I have borne reproach, that dishonor has covered my face.

Psalm 69:7 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 69:7

Because for thy sake I have borne reproach
Being reckoned a sinner, called a deceiver, said to be a Samaritan, and to have a devil; with many other reproaches, which he bore patiently for the sake of the word and worship of God, and for the sake of the glory of God, which he all along sought; and to repair the loss of it, which was sustained through the sin of man;

shame hath covered my face;
when he was spit upon by some, and smote by others with a rod upon his cheek; and when he was blindfolded, and bid to prophesy who smote him; see ( Isaiah 50:6 ) .

Psalm 69:7 In-Context

5 O God, you know my folly; the wrongs I have done are not hidden from you.

6 Let not those who hope in you 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.

7 For it is for your sake that I have borne reproach, that dishonor has covered my face.

8 I have become a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my mother’s sons.

9 For zeal for your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.

Cross References

• 1. 69:7 Jer. 15:15; [Ps. 44:22]