Psalm 69:7 {68:8}
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Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.

Because

Psalm 22:6-8 But I am a worm, and no man: the reproach of men, and the outcast of the people. . . .

Psalm 44:22 Shall not God search out these things: for he knoweth the secrets of the heart. Because for thy sake we are killed all the day long: we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

Jeremiah 15:15 O Lord, thou knowest, remember me, and visit me, and defend me from them that persecute me, do not defend me in thy patience: know that for thy sake I have suffered reproach.

John 15:21-24 But all these things they will do to you for my name's sake: because they know not him that sent me. . . .

shame

Isaiah 50:6 I have given my body to the strikers, and my cheeks to them that plucked them: I have not turned away my face from them that rebuked me, and spit upon me.

Isaiah 53:3 Despised, and the most abject of men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with infirmity: and his look was as it were hidden and despised, whereupon we esteemed him not.

Matthew 26:67,68 Then did they spit in his face and buffeted him. And others struck his face with the palms of their hands, . . .

Matthew 27:29,30,38-44 And platting a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand. And bowing the knee before him, they mocked him, saying: Hail, King of the Jews. . . .

Luke 23:11,35-37 And Herod with his army set him at nought and mocked him, putting on him a white garment: and sent him back to Pilate. . . .

Hebrews 12:2 Looking on Jesus, the author and finisher of faith, who, having joy set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame, and now sitteth on the right hand of the throne of God.

Context
The Waters Are Up to My Neck
6Let not them be ashamed for me, who look for thee, O Lord, the Lord of hosts. Let them not be confounded on my account, who seek thee, O God of Israel. 7Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.8I am become a stranger to my brethren, and an alien to the sons of my mother.…
Cross References
Psalm 4:2
O ye sons of men, how long will you be dull of heart? why do you love vanity, and seek after lying?

Psalm 44:15
Thou hast made us a byword among the Gentiles: a shaking of the head among the people.

Isaiah 49:7
Thus saith the Lord the redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, to the soul that is despised, to the nation that is abhorred, to the servant of rulers: Kings shall see, and princes shall rise up, and adore for the Lord's sake, because he is faithful, and for the Holy One of Israel, who hath chosen thee.

Isaiah 50:6
I have given my body to the strikers, and my cheeks to them that plucked them: I have not turned away my face from them that rebuked me, and spit upon me.

Jeremiah 15:15
O Lord, thou knowest, remember me, and visit me, and defend me from them that persecute me, do not defend me in thy patience: know that for thy sake I have suffered reproach.

Jeremiah 51:51
We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: because strangers are come upon the sanctuaries of the house of the Lord.

Lexicon
For
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

I have endured
נָשָׂ֣אתִי (nā·śā·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5375: To lift, carry, take

scorn
חֶרְפָּ֑ה (ḥer·pāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2781: Contumely, disgrace, the pudenda

for Your sake,
עָ֭לֶיךָ (‘ā·le·ḵā)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

and shame
כְלִמָּ֣ה (ḵə·lim·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3639: Insult, reproach, ignominy

has covered
כִּסְּתָ֖ה (kis·sə·ṯāh)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3680: To plump, fill up hollows, to cover

my face.
פָנָֽי׃ (p̄ā·nāy)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face


Additional Translations
For I have endured scorn for Your sake, and shame has covered my face.Because for your sake I have borne reproach; shame has covered my face.

Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; Shame hath covered my face.

For I have suffered reproach for thy sake; shame has covered my face.

Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; confusion hath covered my face.

Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.

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 because of Thee I have borne reproach, Shame hath covered my face.
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