Psalm 69:7 “For I have endured scorn for Your sake, and shame has covered my face.”

Psalm 69:7

For I have endured scorn for Your sake, and shame has covered my face.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

For thy sake haue I suffred reproofe: shame hath couered my face.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

For because of Thee I have borne reproach, Shame hath covered my face.

Bible in Basic English

I have been wounded with sharp words because of you; my face has been covered with shame.

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Cross references

“Because”

Psalm 44:22 Jeremiah 15:15 John 15:21–24 Psalm 22:6–8

Psalm 44:22 · BSB

Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.

Jeremiah 15:15 · BSB

You understand, O LORD; remember me and attend to me. Avenge me against my persecutors. In Your patience, do not take me away. Know that I endure reproach for Your honor.

John 15:21–24 · BSB

But they will treat you like this because of My name, since they do not know the One who sent Me.

Psalm 22:6–8 · BSB

But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.

“shame”

Isaiah 50:6 Hebrews 12:2 Isaiah 53:3 Luke 23:11 Matthew 27:38–44 Luke 23:35–37

Isaiah 50:6 · BSB

I offered My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle.

Hebrews 12:2 · BSB

Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Isaiah 53:3 · BSB

He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.

Luke 23:11 · BSB

And even Herod and his soldiers ridiculed and mocked Him. Dressing Him in a fine robe, they sent Him back to Pilate.

Matthew 27:38–44 · BSB

Two robbers were crucified with Him, one on His right and the other on His left.

Luke 23:35–37 · BSB

The people stood watching, and the rulers sneered at Him, saying, “He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.”

Also

Psalm 44:15

Psalm 44:15 · BSB

All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

6May those who hope in You not be ashamed through me, O Lord GOD of Hosts; may those who seek You not be dishonored through me, O God of Israel.

8I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother’s sons,

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