Psalms 69:19

69:18 Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.

Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.

KJV

You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor. My adversaries are all before you.

Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.

You have known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonor: my adversaries are all before you.

69:20 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. to take: Heb. to lament with me

What does Psalms 69:19 mean?

Psalms 69:19 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include יָדַע (yâdaʻ), חֶרְפָּה (cherpâh), בֹּשֶׁת (bôsheth).

Hebrew interlinear

Thou

hast

knownיָדַעyâdaʻ/yaw-dah'/H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)

reproach,חֶרְפָּהcherpâh/kher-paw'/H2781contumely, disgrace, the pudenda

and

shame,בֹּשֶׁתbôsheth/bo'-sheth/H1322shame (the feeling and the condition, as well as its cause); by implication (specifically) an idol

and

dishonour:כְּלִמָּהkᵉlimmâh/kel-im-maw'/H3639disgrace

mine

adversariesצָרַרtsârar/tsaw-rar'/H6887to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive

are

all

before

thee.

Topics

Persecution

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 69:19.

Isaiah 30:3

Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.

Isaiah 30:5

They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.

Isaiah 61:7

For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.

Jeremiah 3:25

We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.

Psalms 109:29

Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.

Psalms 31:11

I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.

Psalms 35:26

Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.

Psalms 44:15

My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,

Frequently asked questions

What does Psalms 69:19 say?

Psalms 69:19 (King James Version) reads: "Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee."

Is Psalms 69:19 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 69:19 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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