Psalm 69:9

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

My love for your house burns in me like a fire, and when others insulted you, they insulted me as well.

Cross References

1 Kings 19:10

He answered, “LORD God All-Powerful, I've always done my best to obey you. But your people have broken their solemn promise to you. They have torn down your altars and killed all your prophets, except me. And now they are even trying to kill me!”

1 Chronicles 29:3

Besides doing all that, I have promised to give part of my own gold and silver as a way of showing my love for God's temple.

Job 19:13

God has turned relatives and friends against me, and I am forgotten.

Psalm 119:139

It upsets me greatly when my enemies neglect your teachings.

Psalm 38:12

All who want me dead set traps to catch me, and those who want to harm and destroy me plan and plot all day.

Psalm 89:41

All who pass by take what they want, and nations everywhere joke about the king.

Romans 15:3

Even Christ did not try to please himself. But as the Scriptures say, “The people who insulted you also insulted me.”