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Psalm 69:9
For the zeal of your house consumes me. The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.
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.
9For the zeal of your house consumes me. The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.
10When I wept and I fasted, that was to my reproach.
11When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.
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Zeal for God’s house consumes the speaker, while insults aimed at God fall on him, making devotion costly in the midst of this lament.
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John 2:17His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for your house will eat me up.”The disciples remember the psalm’s words about consuming zeal for God’s house in connection with Jesus.
Romans 15:3For even Christ didn’t please himself. But, as it is written, “The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me.”Romans quotes the psalm’s words about bearing reproach to describe Christ, who did not please himself.
John 2:14–17He found in the temple those who sold oxen, sheep, and doves, and the changers of money sitting.God’s house is the focus of the speaker’s zeal; John describes Jesus finding sellers and money changers in the temple.
Psalm 119:139My zeal wears me out, because my enemies ignore your words.Both speakers describe zeal that consumes or wears them out amid other people’s disregard for God.
Mark 11:15–17They came to Jerusalem, and Jesus entered into the temple and began to throw out those who sold and those who bought in the temple, and overthrew the money …The psalm names zeal for God’s house, while Mark describes Jesus driving buyers and sellers from the temple.
1 Kings 19:10He said, “I have been very jealous for the LORD, the God of Armies; for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed …Both speakers express intense devotion to God while facing hostility, though Elijah describes threats to his life.
Psalm 89:41All who pass by the way rob him. He has become a reproach to his neighbors.Both verses describe someone bearing reproach, though Psalm 89 also names robbery by those passing by.
Isaiah 25:8He has swallowed up death forever! The Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces. He will take the reproach of his people away from off all the earth, …Reproach burdens the speaker in Psalm 69; Isaiah declares that God will remove his people’s reproach from the earth.
Psalm 89:50–51Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the mighty peoples,Both prayers speak to God about reproach borne by those who belong to him.
Revelation 3:19As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.Both passages name zeal, though Revelation joins it to repentance under loving correction, while the psalm describes consuming devotion.
1 Chronicles 29:3In addition, because I have set my affection on the house of my God, since I have a treasure of my own of gold and silver, I give it to the house of my God, …Both speakers express devotion to God’s house, with Chronicles describing affection that leads to gifts from personal treasure.
Psalm 122:9For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your good.Concern for God’s house shapes both speakers: one bears reproach in consuming zeal, and the other seeks good.
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The speaker’s zeal has brought no shelter from reproach. His words belong within prayer, where devotion to God and the pain of contempt are both spoken.
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