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Psalms 69:6 - Meaning and Application
Understand how this verse speaks to what you're facing and how to apply it today
Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Don’t let those who wait for you be shamed through me, Lord GOD of Armies. Don’t let those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me, God of Israel. "
Psalms 69:6
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4 Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who want to cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. I have to restore what I didn’t take away.
5 God, you know my foolishness. My sins aren’t hidden from you.
6 Don’t let those who wait for you be shamed through me, Lord GOD of Armies. Don’t let those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me, God of Israel.
7 Because for your sake, I have borne reproach. Shame has covered my face.
8 I have become a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my mother’s children.
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Psalms 69:1
"Save me, God, for the waters have come up to my neck!"
Psalms 69:2
"I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold. I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me."
Psalms 69:3
"I am weary with my crying. My throat is dry. My eyes fail looking for my God."
Psalms 69:4
"Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who want to cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. I have to restore what I didn’t take away."
Psalms 69:5
"God, you know my foolishness. My sins aren’t hidden from you."
Psalms 69:7
"Because for your sake, I have borne reproach. Shame has covered my face."
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