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

18Oh draw near to my soul and redeem it; Ransom me because of my enemies! 19You know my reproach and my shame and my dishonor; All my adversaries are before You. Reproach has broken my heart and I am so sick. And I looked for sympathy, but there was none, And for comforters, but I found none. 21They also gave me gall for my food And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. 22May their table before them become a snare; And when they are in peace, may it become a trap.

Psalms 69:20 word by word

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

• Reproachחֶרְפָּהcherpâh · reproachH2781
• brokenשָׁבַרshâbar · to breakH7665
• my heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• and I am so sickנוּשׁnûsh · be sickH5136
• I lookedקָוָהqâvâh · to awaitH6960
• for sympathyנוּדnûd · to wanderH5110
• but thereאַ֫יִן'ayin · nothingH369
• comfortersנָחַםnâcham · to be sorry: comfortH5162
• but I foundמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
• noneלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808

Cross-references for Psalms 69:20

• Psalms 42:10As a shattering of my bones, my adversaries revile me, While they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
• Psalms 123:4Our soul is greatly filled With the scoffing of those who are at ease, And with the contempt of the proud.
• Hebrews 11:36and others experienced mockings and scourgings, yes, also chains and imprisonment.
• Psalms 42:6O my God, my soul is in despair within me; Therefore I remember You from the land of the Jordan And the peaks of Hermon, from Mount Mizar.
• Matthew 26:37And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be grieved and distressed.
• John 12:27“Now My soul has become troubled; and what shall I say, ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? But for this purpose I came to this hour.
• Isaiah 63:5I looked, and there was no one to help, And I was astonished and there was no one to uphold; So My own arm brought salvation to Me, And My wrath upheld Me.
• Mark 14:37And He came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “Simon, are you asleep? Could you not keep watch for one hour?
• Psalms 142:4Look to the right and see; For there is no one who regards me; There is no escape for me; No one cares for my soul.
• John 16:32Behold, an hour is coming, and has already come, for you to be scattered, each to his own home, and to leave Me alone; and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.
• 2 Timothy 4:16At my first defense no one supported me, but all deserted me; may it not be counted against them.
• Job 16:2“I have heard many such things; Sorry comforters are you all.
• Job 19:21Pity me, pity me, O you my friends, For the hand of God has struck me.
• Matthew 25:46These 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

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• Blood
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• 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