Psalms 69:7

69:6 Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.

Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.

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Because for your sake, I have borne reproach. Shame has covered my face.

Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.

Because for your sake I have borne reproach; shame has covered my face.

69:8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.

What does Psalms 69:7 mean?

Psalms 69:7 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include נָשָׂא (nâsâʼ), חֶרְפָּה (cherpâh), כְּלִמָּה (kᵉlimmâh).

Hebrew interlinear

Because

for

thy

sake

have

borneנָשָׂאnâsâʼ/naw-saw'/H5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative

reproach;חֶרְפָּהcherpâh/kher-paw'/H2781contumely, disgrace, the pudenda

shameכְּלִמָּהkᵉlimmâh/kel-im-maw'/H3639disgrace

hath

coveredכָּסָהkâçâh/kaw-saw'/H3680properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)

face.פָּנִיםpânîym/paw-neem'/H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)

Topics

Persecution Prophecies Respecting Christ Reviling and Reproaching Zeal, Religious

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 69:7.

Genesis 13:10

And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.

Genesis 9:23

And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.

Psalms 69:19

Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.

Psalms 71:13

Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.

Frequently asked questions

What does Psalms 69:7 say?

Psalms 69:7 (King James Version) reads: "Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face."

Is Psalms 69:7 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 69:7 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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