English Standard Version
Psalms 69:9
9For zeal for your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.
Psalms 69:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
- New International Version (NIV)for zeal for your house consumes me, and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Because zeal for Your house has eaten me up, And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Passion for your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.
Context of Psalms 69:9
7For it is for your sake that I have borne reproach, that dishonor has covered my face. 8I have become a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my mother's sons. For zeal for your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me. 10When I wept and humbled my soul with fasting, it became my reproach. 11When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.
Read all of Psalms 69Psalms 69:9 word by word
כִּֽי־קִנְאַ֣ת בֵּיתְךָ֣ אֲכָלָ֑תְנִי וְחֶרְפּ֥וֹת ח֝וֹרְפֶ֗יךָ נָפְל֥וּ עָלָֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 69:9
- Psalms 119:139My zeal consumes me, because my foes forget your words.
- 1 Kings 19:10He said, "I have been very jealous for the Lord, the God of hosts. For the people of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword, and I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life, to take it away."
- 1 Chronicles 15:27David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, as also were all the Levites who were carrying the ark, and the singers and Chenaniah the leader of the music of the singers. And David wore a linen ephod.
- 1 Chronicles 29:3Moreover, in addition to all that I have provided for the holy house, I have a treasure of my own of gold and silver, and because of my devotion to the house of my God I give it to the house of my God:
- Mark 11:15And they came to Jerusalem. And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold and those who bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons.
- John 2:14In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers sitting there.
- Psalms 89:50Remember, O Lord, how your servants are mocked, and how I bear in my heart the insults of all the many nations,
- Romans 15:3For Christ did not please himself, but as it is written, "The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me."
Commentaries on Psalms 69:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up - The strong desire to promote thy glory has absorbed all others. All the desires of my body and soul are wrapped up in this. This verse is very properly applied to our Lord, John 2:17, who went about doing good; and gave up his life, not only for the redemption of man, but to "magnify the law, and make it honorable."Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up - My zeal - my ardor - in the cause of religion (that is, of thy pure worship) has been so great as to consume me. It has been like a devouring fire within me. Zeal is represented under the idea of heat - as it is in the Greek language; and the characteristics of heat or fire are here applied to it. This passage is quoted in John 2:17, and applied to the Saviour, not as having had originally a reference to him…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9The psalmist is devoted to God and what is holy, yet people repay him with insults. Later, this verse was applied to the anger of Jesus at the temple’s money changers (John 2:17) and his undeserved suffering (Romans 15:3).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-127-12. This plea contemplates his relation to God as a sufferer in His cause. Reproach, domestic estrangement (Mr 3:21; Joh 7:5), exhaustion in God's service (Joh 2:17), revilings and taunts of base men were the sufferings.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 69
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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