“"For because of Thee I have sustained upbraiding, shamelessness hath covered my face." No great thing is that which is spoken of in "I have sustained:" but that which is spoken of in "for Thy sake I have sustained," is. For if thou sustainest because thou hast sinned; for thine own sake thou sustainest, not for the sa…”
Augustine of Hippo, 5th c. — ON THE PSALMS, Psalm 69
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7Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
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5O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.
6Let 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 69:7 —
8I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother’s children.
9For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.