Psalm 69:4–9

4 Those who hate me without cause

are more numerous than the hairs of my head;

my deceitful enemies, who would destroy me,

are powerful.f

Though I did not steal, I must repay.g

5 God, you know my foolishness,

and my guilty acts are not hidden from you.h

6 Do not let those who put their hope in you

be disgraced because of me,

Lord God of Armies;

do not let those who seek you

be humiliated because of me,

God of Israel.i

7 For I have endured insults because of you,

and shame has covered my face.j

8 I have become a stranger to my brothers

and a foreigner to my mother’s sonsk

9 because zeal for your house has consumed me,l

and the insults of those who insult you

have fallen on me.m