A moment in scripture
Psalms 69:7
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Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
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The surrounding passage
- Psalms 69:5
O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.
- Psalms 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.
- Psalms 69:8
I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother’s children.
- Psalms 69:9
For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.