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 very near to me, and make me safe. Rescue me from my enemies. 19God, you know that people are insulting me. They laugh at me to make me feel ashamed. You can see what all my enemies are doing. When they insult me, it makes me very upset. I feel helpless. I hoped that someone would be kind and help me, but there was nobody. I wanted someone to comfort me, but I did not find anyone. 21Instead, my enemies put poison in my food. When I was thirsty, they gave me vinegar to drink. 22Please God, cause their feasts to become a trap for them. Let it bring trouble to them and their friends.

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 enemies laugh at me all the time. It is like they are breaking all my bones. They are always saying, ‘Where is your God?’
• Psalms 123:4We have had too much! Proud people laugh at us, and they do not respect us. Please stop them!
• Hebrews 11:36Other people who trusted God received insults. Some of them were hit with whips. Enemies of God tied these people up and they put them in prison.
• Psalms 42:6Deep inside me I am very sad. So I will turn to you, my God, from where I am. I will pray to you from Hermon mountain where the Jordan River begins, and from Mizar mountain.
• Matthew 26:37Then Jesus took Peter and Zebedee's two sons, James and John, with him. He became very sad and upset.
• John 12:27Now I have trouble in my mind. What will I say? I might say, “Father, save me from this time of trouble!” But this difficult time is the purpose for which I came to the world.
• Isaiah 63:5I looked for somebody to give help, but there was nobody. I was very upset, because nobody was there to help. So I used my own strength to rescue my people. My anger helped me to be strong.
• Mark 14:37Jesus returned to his three disciples. Now they were sleeping. He said to Peter, ‘Simon, you are asleep! You could not stay awake for even one hour!
• Psalms 142:4Look at me! I have no friend to help me. There is no safe place where I can go. Nobody thinks about me.
• John 16:32But it will happen very soon that all of you will run away to your own homes. Yes, that time has already arrived. You will run away and leave me alone. But I will not really be alone, because the Father is always with me.
• 2 Timothy 4:16I had to explain to a judge that I had not done anything wrong. The first time I did that, nobody helped me. All my friends stayed away. I pray that God will forgive them for that.
• Job 16:2‘I have heard all these things before. You are not making my troubles any better. You are making them worse!
• Job 19:21Please be kind to me, my friends. God has caused me to suffer, so please be kind to me.
• Matthew 25:46Then those people on the king's left side will go away to the place where God will punish them for ever. But the good people on the king's right side will live for ever with God.’

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

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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