Psalms 69:7

Psa 69:7 Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.

Ver. 7. Because for thy sake I have borne reproach ] Whatever mine enemies pretend, they strike at thee, Lord, through my sides; and for thy sake alone it is that I am so bespattled, that I am even ashamed to look any one in the face. The most innocent may, upon the fulness of an aspersion, be put out of countenance.