69:6 Let none who rely on you be disgraced because of me,
O sovereign Lord and king! 1
Let none who seek you be ashamed because of me,
O God of Israel!
69:7 For I suffer 2 humiliation for your sake 3
and am thoroughly disgraced. 4
69:8 My own brothers treat me like a stranger;
they act as if I were a foreigner. 5
69:9 Certainly 6 zeal for 7 your house 8 consumes me;
I endure the insults of those who insult you. 9
1 tn Heb “O Master,
2 tn Heb “carry, bear.”
3 tn Heb “on account of you.”
4 tn Heb “and shame covers my face.”
5 tn Heb “and I am estranged to my brothers, and a foreigner to the sons of my mother.”
6 tn Or “for.” This verse explains that the psalmist’s suffering is due to his allegiance to God.
7 tn Or “devotion to.”
8 sn God’s house, the temple, here represents by metonymy God himself.
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.