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Psalm 69:9-11
New English Translation
Psalm 69:9-11
New English Translation
9 Certainly[a] zeal for[b] your house[c] consumes me;
I endure the insults of those who insult you.[d]
10 I weep and refrain from eating food,[e]
which causes others to insult me.[f]
11 I wear sackcloth
and they ridicule me.[g]
Footnotes
- Psalm 69:9 tn Or “for.” This verse explains that the psalmist’s suffering is due to his allegiance to God.
- Psalm 69:9 tn Or “devotion to.”
- Psalm 69:9 sn God’s house, the temple, here represents by metonymy God himself.
- Psalm 69:9 tn Heb “the insults of those who insult you fall upon me.”sn Jn 2:17 applies the first half of this verse to Jesus’ ministry in the context of John’s account of Jesus cleansing the temple.
- Psalm 69:10 sn Fasting was a practice of mourners. By refraining from normal activities such as eating food, the mourner demonstrated the sincerity of his sorrow.
- Psalm 69:10 tn Heb “and it becomes insults to me.”
- Psalm 69:11 tn Heb “and I am an object of ridicule to them.”
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