Psalms 69:20

Psalms 69:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
• New International Version (NIV)Scorn has broken my heart and has left me helpless; I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found none.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Reproaches have broken my heart, so that I am in despair. I looked for pity, but there was none, and for comforters, but I found none.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Reproach has broken my heart, And I am full of heaviness; I looked for someone to take pity, but there was none; And for comforters, but I found none.

Context of Psalms 69:20

18Come near to me and redeem me; ransom me because of my enemies. 19You know the insults I endure — my shame and disgrace. You are aware of all my adversaries. Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I waited for sympathy, but there was none; for comforters, but found no one. 21Instead, they gave me gall for my food, and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. 22Let their table set before them be a snare, and let it be a trap for their allies.

Psalms 69:20 word by word

חֶרְפָּ֤ה׀ שָֽׁבְרָ֥ה לִבִּ֗י וָֽאָ֫נ֥וּשָׁה וָאֲקַוֶּ֣ה לָנ֣וּד וָאַ֑יִן וְ֝לַמְנַחֲמִ֗ים וְלֹ֣א מָצָֽאתִי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Reproachחֶרְפָּהcherpâh · reproachH2781
• hath brokenשָׁבַרshâbar · to breakH7665
• my heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• and I am full of heavinessנוּשׁnûsh · be sickH5136
• and I lookedקָוָהqâvâh · to awaitH6960
• to take pityנוּדnûd · to wanderH5110
• none; and for comfortersנָחַםnâcham · to be sorry: comfortH5162
• but I foundמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672

Cross-references for Psalms 69:20

• Psalms 42:10My adversaries taunt me, as if crushing my bones, while all day long they say to me, “Where is your God?”
• Psalms 123:4We’ve had more than enough scorn from the arrogant and contempt from the proud.
• Hebrews 11:36Others experienced mockings and scourgings, as well as bonds and imprisonment.
• Psalms 42:6I am deeply depressed; therefore I remember you from the land of Jordan and the peaks of Hermon, from Mount Mizar.
• Matthew 26:37Taking along Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and troubled.
• John 12:27“Now my soul is troubled. What should I say — Father, save me from this hour? But that is why I came to this hour.
• Isaiah 63:5I looked, but there was no one to help, and I was amazed that no one assisted; so my arm accomplished victory for me, and my wrath assisted me.
• Mark 14:37Then he came and found them sleeping. He said to Peter, “Simon, are you sleeping? Couldn’t you stay awake one hour?
• Psalms 142:4Look to the right and see: no one stands up for me; there is no refuge for me; no one cares about me.
• John 16:32Indeed, an hour is coming, and has come, when each of you will be scattered to his own home, and you will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
• 2 Timothy 4:16At my first defense, no one stood by me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be counted against them.
• Job 16:2I have heard many things like these. You are all miserable comforters.
• Job 19:21Have mercy on me, my friends, have mercy, for God’s hand has struck me.
• Matthew 25:46“And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

Commentaries on Psalms 69:20

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20Reproach hath broken my heart - The reproaches, the calumnies, the aspersions, the slanders of others, have crushed me. I am not able to bear up under them; I fail under the burden. Distress may become so great that life may sink under it, for many die of what is called “a broken heart.” Undeserved reproaches will be as likely to produce this result on a sensitive heart as any form of suffering; and there are thousands who are crushed to the earth by such…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-21Verses 13-21 Whatever deep waters of affliction or temptation we sink into, whatever floods of trouble or ungodly men seem ready to overwhelm us, let us persevere in prayer to our Lord to save us. The tokens of God's favour to us are enough to keep our spirits from sinking in the deepest outward troubles. If we think well of God, and continue to do so under the greatest hardships, we need not fear but he will do well for us. And if at any time we are…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19-21The psalmist feels alone and misunderstood. He cannot bear his doubts, and his troubles overwhelm him.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 19-2019-20. Calling God to witness his distress, he presents its aggravation produced by the want of sympathizing friends (compare Is 63:5; Mr 14:50).Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 69:20

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Persecution

In the dictionaries

• Blood
• Comforter
• Gall
• Psalms
• Restore
• Sink
• Standing
• Brokenhearted
• Heavy; Heaviness
• Intercession

Commentaries on Psalms 69

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings