Pentecost Season · Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time · Year A

Psalm 69:8-10, 14, 17, 33-35 (14c)

Zeal for Your House; A Cry for Rescue

June 21, 2026

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Roman Lectionary

GospelMatt. 10:26-33

First ReadingJer. 20:10-13

Responsorial PsalmPs. 69:8-10, 14, 17, 33-35 (14c)

Second ReadingRom. 5:12-15

Overview & Insights

"It is zeal for your house that has consumed me; the insults of those who insult you have fallen on me." (Psalm 69:9)

A lament in which the psalmist suffers reproach and estrangement for God's sake. He pleads for God's steadfast love and swift deliverance from those who hate him.

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Commentary

Psalm 69 Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik

David Guzik's verse-by-verse notes on this lament often quoted in the New Testament.

Psalm 69:8 Commentaries BibleHub

Classic commentaries gathered for bearing reproach and zeal for God's house.

Background & Word Study

Psalm 69:8 Interlinear BibleHub

Hebrew text and word study for reproach, zeal, and steadfast love.

Psalm 69 in Hebrew Sefaria

Hebrew and English with Jewish commentary for this psalm of David.

The Church Fathers

Catena: Psalm 69 Catena

Patristic comment on zeal for God's house, applied to Christ.

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