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Psalms 69:7–9

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Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother’s children.
For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
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From verse 7

  1. Isaiah 50:6Rank 1 from verse 7
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    6I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.

  2. Jeremiah 15:15Rank 2 from verse 7
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    15¶ O Lord, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke.

  3. Psalms 44:22Rank 3 from verse 7
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    22Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

  4. Hebrews 12:2Rank 4 from verse 7
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    2Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

  5. Isaiah 53:3Rank 5 from verse 7
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    3He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

From verse 8

  1. Psalms 31:11Rank 1 from verse 8
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    11I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.

  2. John 1:11Rank 2 from verse 8
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    11He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

  3. John 7:5Rank 3 from verse 8
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    5For neither did his brethren believe in him.

  4. Matthew 10:35–36Rank 4 from verse 8
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    35For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.

    36And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household.

  5. Matthew 26:70–74Rank 5 from verse 8
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    70But he denied before them all, saying, I know not what thou sayest.

    71And when he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him, and said unto them that were there, This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth.

    72And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man.

    73And after a while came unto him they that stood by, and said to Peter, Surely thou also art one of them; for thy speech bewrayeth thee.

    74Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew.

From verse 9

  1. Romans 15:3Rank 1 from verse 9
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    3For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.

  2. John 2:14–17Rank 2 from verse 9
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    14And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:

    15And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers’ money, and overthrew the tables;

    16And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise.

    17And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.

  3. Psalms 119:139Rank 3 from verse 9
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    139My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.

  4. Mark 11:15–17Rank 4 from verse 9
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    15¶ And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves;

    16And would not suffer that any man should carry any vessel through the temple.

    17And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.

  5. 1 Kings 19:10Rank 5 from verse 9
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    10And he said, I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

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Psalms 69:7

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

sake

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Cause, account, purpose, interest, or benefit; used in phrases meaning because of or for the benefit of someone or something.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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borne

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1. Carried, supported, conveyed, or sustained. 2. Endured or suffered. 3. Brought forth as offspring. 4. Bore or possessed a likeness. 5. Given testimony.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

reproach

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Sense 1: Shame, disgrace, dishonour, contempt, blame, reviling, or taunt. Sense 2: As a verb, to shame, insult, blame, or speak contemptuously against.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

shame

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Sense 1: A painful sense of guilt, disgrace, or dishonor. Sense 2: As a verb, to make ashamed or bring disgrace upon.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

covered

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Had a covering placed or spread over; hidden, concealed, enclosed, overlaid, clothed, sheltered, or occupied over the surface or extent of something.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

face

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The front of the head and its countenance or expression; the front, surface, outward appearance, presence, view, or personally known identity of a person, place, or thing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Psalms 69:8

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brethren

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1. Persons of the same people, tribe, community, or shared service who are regarded or addressed as brothers. 2. Persons regarded as brothers by reason of faith or another spiritual relation. 3. Male siblings or other male relatives.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

alien

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A stranger or foreigner; one not belonging to, or treated as outside, a people, place, or relation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Bullokar 1616 · Cawdrey 1604

COMBINED MEANING

mother

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Sense 1: A female parent. Sense 2: Figuratively, a source, chief city, or maternal relation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

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DEFINED WORDS

Psalms 69:9

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

zeal

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Strong ardour, fervent concern, eager devotion, jealous care, or energetic determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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house

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Sense 1: A building or dwelling. Sense 2: The people of a household or family. Sense 3: A lineage or family line. Sense 4: As a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

eaten

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Sense 1: Chewed and swallowed. Sense 2: Consumed or corroded.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

fallen

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1. Come or gone down from a higher or upright position; dropped or collapsed. 2. Slain, defeated, overthrown, ruined, or declined from a former position or state. 3. Come upon, into, under, or away from a person, thing, place, condition, influence, or relation. 4. Assigned or allotted. 5. In “fallen out,” happened or resulted. 6. In “fallen to,” gone over or surrendered to another side.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

upon

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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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69:1SAVE me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.

69:2I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

69:3I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

69:4They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.

69:5O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.

69:6Let 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.

69:7Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.

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

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69:9For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

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69:10When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.

69:11I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.

69:12They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.

69:13But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Lord, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.

69:14Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.

69:15Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

69:16Hear me, O Lord; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.

69:17And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.

69:18Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.

69:19Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.

69:20Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.

69:21They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

69:22Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.

69:23Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.

69:24Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.

69:25Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.

69:26For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.

69:27Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.

69:28Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.

69:29But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

69:30I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.

69:31This also shall please the Lord better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

69:32The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.

69:33For the Lord heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.

69:34Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.

69:35For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.

69:36The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein.

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