Psalms 69:6 · KJV
“Let 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 69:6
O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee. {sins: Heb. guiltiness}
Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
Psalms 69 — Context
They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, {being} mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored {that} which I took not away.
5O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee. {sins: Heb. guiltiness}
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.
7Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
8I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.
Cross References
Psalms 25:3
Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.
Psalms 35:26
Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify {themselves} against me.
Luke 24:19-21
And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people:
Isaiah 49:23
And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with {their} face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I {am} the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me. {nursing fathers: Heb. nourishers} {queens: Heb. princesses}
Psalms 72:18
Blessed {be} the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things.
Psalms 7:7
So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.
Acts 13:23
Of this man's seed hath God according to {his} promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus:
2 Samuel 23:3
The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men {must be} just, ruling in the fear of God. {He...: or, Be thou ruler, etc}