Mazmur 69:7

69:7 For I suffer ¹  humiliation for your sake ² 

and am thoroughly disgraced. ³ 

Mazmur 69:9

69:9 Certainly ⁴  zeal for ⁵  your house ⁶  consumes me;

I endure the insults of those who insult you. ⁷ 

[69:7]  ¹ tn Heb “carry, bear.”

[69:7]  ² tn Heb “on account of you.”

[69:7]  ³ tn Heb “and shame covers my face.”

[69:9]  ⁴ tn Or “for.” This verse explains that the psalmist’s suffering is due to his allegiance to God.

[69:9]  ⁵ tn Or “devotion to.”

[69:9]  ⁶ sn God’s house, the temple, here represents by metonymy God himself.

[69:9]  ⁷ 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.