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Psalm 69 (68):10Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers

For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up: and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

Douay-Rheims · Hebrew numbering, Septuagint numbering in brackets.

כִּֽי־קִנְאַ֣ת בֵּיתְךָ֣ אֲכָלָ֑תְנִי וְחֶרְפּ֥וֹת ח֝וֹרְפֶ֗יךָ נָפְל֥וּ עָלָֽי׃

Hebrew (Masoretic text)

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Nikolaj Velimirovic

20th centuryChurch Father

O my brethren, let us look upon Christ's zeal for the holy things of the house of God (John 2:17), and upon the zeal of the Apostles and the holy Orthodox Fathers of the Church. Let us be more zealous about our salvation than the devil is diligent day and night about our destruction.

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