American Standard Version
"Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; Shame hath covered my face. "
— Psalms 69:7, American Standard Version
“Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.”
“Because for your sake, I have borne reproach. Shame has covered my face.”
“For I suffer humiliation for your sake and am thoroughly disgraced.”
“I have been wounded with sharp words because of you; my face has been covered with shame.”
“Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.”
They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: They that would cut me off, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: That which I took not away I have to restore.
O God, thou knowest my foolishness; And my sins are not hid from thee.
Let not them that wait for thee be put to shame through me, O Lord Jehovah of hosts: Let not those that seek thee be brought to dishonor through me, O God of Israel.
Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; Shame hath covered my face.
I am become a stranger unto my brethren, And an alien unto my mother’s children.
For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up; And the reproaches of them that reproach thee are fallen upon me.
When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, That was to my reproach.