Mazmur 69:6-9

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 

[69:6]  ¹ tn Heb “O Master, Lord of hosts.” Both titles draw attention to God’s sovereign position.

[69:7]  ² tn Heb “carry, bear.”

[69:7]  ³ tn Heb “on account of you.”

[69:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “and shame covers my face.”

[69:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “and I am estranged to my brothers, and a foreigner to the sons of my mother.”

[69:9]  ⁶ tn Or “for.” This verse explains that the psalmist’s suffering is due to his allegiance to God.

[69:9]  ⁷ tn Or “devotion to.”

[69:9]  ⁸ sn God’s house, the temple, here represents by metonymy God himself.

[69:9]  ⁹ tn Heb “the insults of those who insult you fall upon me.”

[69:9]  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.