Certainly ¹  zeal for ²  your house ³  consumes me; I endure the insults of those who insult you. ⁴ 

biblegateway Psa 69:9

For zeal for Your house has consumed me, And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.

because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.

Indeed, devotion for your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.

biblegateway Psa 69:9

for zeal for your house consumes me, and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.

For zeal for your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.

bibleoremus Psa 69:9

It is zeal for your house that has consumed me; the insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.

Zeal for your house has consumed me; the insults aimed at you have landed on me.

biblegateway Psa 69:9

Because zeal for Your house has eaten me up, And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.

For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

biblegateway Psa 69:9

Certainly ¹  zeal for ²  your house ³  consumes me; I endure the insults of those who insult you. ⁴ 

¹ tn Or “for.” This verse explains that the psalmist’s suffering is due to his allegiance to God.

² tn Or “devotion to.”

³ sn God’s house, the temple, here represents by metonymy God himself.

⁴ tn Heb “the insults of those who insult you fall upon me.”

⁴ 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.