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Psalm 69:6

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.

4Those 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.
5God, you know my foolishness. My sins aren’t hidden from you.
6Don’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.
7Because for your sake, I have borne reproach. Shame has covered my face.
8I have become a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my mother’s children.
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The repeated phrase “through me” reveals a sufferer’s concern that the shame surrounding him might reach others who wait for God and seek him.

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Psalm 25:3Yes, no one who waits for you will be shamed. They will be shamed who deal treacherously without cause.Both passages connect waiting for God with freedom from shame: Psalm 69 petitions for it, and Psalm 25 expresses confidence in it.
Isaiah 49:23Kings shall be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow down to you with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of your …Both passages concern those who wait for God, linking that waiting with the plea or promise that they will escape shame or disappointment.
Psalm 35:26Let them be disappointed and confounded together who rejoice at my calamity. Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me.Both prayers name shame and dishonor, but Psalm 69 seeks protection for God’s seekers while Psalm 35 seeks enemies’ disgrace.
Luke 24:19–21He said to them, “What things?” They said to him, “The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the …The shared ground is limited to God and people; Luke describes Jesus’ deeds and words, while the psalm asks protection from dishonor.
Psalm 72:18Praise be to the LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds.Both address the God of Israel, with Psalm 69 asking protection from dishonor and Psalm 72 praising his marvelous deeds.
Psalm 7:7Let the congregation of the peoples surround you. Rule over them on high.Both prayers concern people beyond the speaker and appeal to God, whether for protection from shame or rule from on high.
Acts 13:23From this man’s offspring, God has brought salvation to Israel according to his promise,Both name Israel in relation to God; the psalm petitions Israel’s God, while Acts speaks of God bringing salvation to Israel.
2 Samuel 23:3The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spoke to me, ‘One who rules over men righteously, who rules in the fear of God,Both use the title “God of Israel,” though the psalm concerns shame and Samuel’s passage concerns righteous rule in God’s fear.
Acts 13:17The God of this people chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they stayed as aliens in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm, he led them out of …Both speak of God in relation to a people: the psalm names Israel, and Acts recounts God choosing and delivering ancestors.
Acts 4:7When they had stood Peter and John in the middle of them, they inquired, “By what power, or in what name, have you done this?”The link is slight: Psalm 69 names God in prayer; Acts records a question about the power or name behind an action.
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Even under reproach, the speaker brings other people’s welfare before God. Your prayers in distress have room for those who seek him, alongside your own need for help.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).