“For the zeal of your house consumes me. The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Psalms 69 contains 36 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.