Tree of Life Version
Psalms 69:20
20You know my reproach, my shame, my disgrace. All my adversaries are before You.
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
18Hide not Your face from Your servant. For I am in distress—answer me quickly. 19Draw near to my soul and redeem it. Ransom me because of my foes. You know my reproach, my shame, my disgrace. All my adversaries are before You. 21Scorn has broken my heart, so I am sick. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but found none. 22They put gall in my food, and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
Read all of Psalms 69Psalms 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 42:10I will say to God my Rock: “Why have You forgotten me? Why do I go about mourning, under the oppression of the enemy?”
- Psalms 123:4Our soul has had enough of the scorn of those at ease, the contempt of the proud.
- Hebrews 11:36Others experienced the trial of mocking and scourging—yes, and even chains and prison.
- Psalms 42:6Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why are you murmuring within me? Hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, for the salvation of His presence.
- Matthew 26:37And He took along Peter and Zebedee’s two sons, and He began to be sorrowful and troubled.
- John 12:27“Now My soul is troubled. And what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? But it was for this reason I came to this hour.
- Isaiah 63:5I looked, but there was no one to help. I was amazed, but no one was assisting. So My own arm won victory for Me, and My wrath upheld Me.
- Mark 14:37Then He comes and finds them sleeping; and He tells Peter, “Simon, you’re asleep? Couldn’t you keep watch for one hour?
- Psalms 142:4When my spirit grows faint within me, You know my path. In the way where I walk they have hidden a trap for me.
- John 16:32Look, the hour is coming—indeed has come—when you will be scattered, each to his own, and you will abandon Me. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.
- 2 Timothy 4:16At my first defense, no one stood by me; instead, they all deserted me—may it not be counted against them!
- Job 16:2“I have heard many things like these; you are miserable comforters, all of you!
- Job 19:21“Have pity on me my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.
- Matthew 25:46These shall go off to everlasting punishment, but the righteous into everlasting 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
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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
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