Key Verse Spotlight
Psalms 69:6 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.”
Psalms 69:6
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, {being} mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored {that} which I took not away.
O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee. {sins: Heb. guiltiness}
Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, 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.
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