Psalms 69:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For I have endured scorn for Your sake, and shame has covered my face.”
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BSBPD
“For I have endured scorn for Your sake, and shame has covered my face.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; Shame hath covered my face.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“For because of Thee I have borne reproach, Shame hath covered my face.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Psalms 69:7 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 22:6But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.
- Psalms 44:15All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face,
- Psalms 44:22Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
- Isaiah 50:6I 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.
- Isaiah 53:3He 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.
- Jeremiah 15:15You 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.
- Matthew 26:67Then they spit in His face and struck Him. Others slapped Him
- Matthew 27:29And they twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on His head. They put a staff in His right hand and knelt down before Him to mock Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”
- Matthew 27:38Two robbers were crucified with Him, one on His right hand and the other on His left.
- Luke 23:11And even Herod and his soldiers ridiculed and mocked Him. Dressing Him in a fine robe, they sent Him back to Pilate.
- Luke 23:35The 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.”
- John 15:21But they will treat you like this because of My name, since they do not know the One who sent Me.
- Hebrews 12:2Let 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.
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