Bible verse
because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.
Psalm 69:9 · BSB
The verses around it, from Psalm 69.
5 You know my folly, O God, and my guilt is not hidden from You.
6 May those who hope in You not be ashamed through me, O Lord GOD of Hosts; may those who seek You not be dishonored through me, O God of Israel.
7 For I have endured scorn for Your sake, and shame has covered my face.
8 I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother’s sons,
9 because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.
10 I wept and fasted, but it brought me reproach.
11 I made sackcloth my clothing, and I was sport to them.
12 Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of drunkards.
13 But my prayer to You, O LORD, is for a time of favor. In Your abundant loving devotion, O God, answer me with Your sure salvation.
KJV
For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
ASV
For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up; And the reproaches of them that reproach thee are fallen upon me.
ERV
For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproach thee are fallen upon me.
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