Mazmur 69:7-10

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

and am thoroughly disgraced. ³ 

69:8 My own brothers treat me like a stranger;

they act as if I were a foreigner. ⁴ 

69:9 Certainly ⁵  zeal for ⁶  your house ⁷  consumes me;

I endure the insults of those who insult you. ⁸ 

69:10 I weep and refrain from eating food, ⁹ 

which causes others to insult me. ¹⁰ 

Mazmur 69:16-18

69:16 Answer me, O Lord, for your loyal love is good! ¹¹ 

Because of your great compassion, turn toward me!

69:17 Do not ignore ¹²  your servant,

for I am in trouble! Answer me right away! ¹³ 

69:18 Come near me and redeem me! ¹⁴ 

Because of my enemies, rescue me!

[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.”

[69:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “and I am estranged to my brothers, and a foreigner to the sons of my mother.”

[69:9]  ⁵ tn Or “for.” This verse explains that the psalmist’s suffering is due to his allegiance to God.

[69:9]  ⁶ tn Or “devotion to.”

[69:9]  ⁷ sn God’s house, the temple, here represents by metonymy God himself.

[69:9]  ⁸ 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.

[69:10]  ⁹ sn Fasting was a practice of mourners. By refraining from normal activities such as eating food, the mourner demonstrated the sincerity of his sorrow.

[69:10]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and it becomes insults to me.”

[69:16]  ¹¹ tn Or “pleasant”; or “desirable.”

[69:17]  ¹² tn Heb “do not hide your face from.” The Hebrew idiom “hide the face” can (1) mean “ignore” (see Pss 10:11; 13:1; 51:9) or (2) carry the stronger idea of “reject” (see Pss 30:7; 88:14).

[69:17]  ¹³ tn Or “quickly.”

[69:18]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “come near my life and redeem it.” The verb “redeem” casts the Lord in the role of a leader who protects members of his extended family in times of need and crisis (see Ps 19:14).