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Psalms 69:20

69:19 Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.
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

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Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness. I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; for comforters, but I found none.

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.

Reproach has 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.

69:21 They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

What does Psalms 69:20 mean?

Psalms 69:20 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include חֶרְפָּה (cherpâh), שָׁבַר (shâbar), לֵב (lêb).

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Reproachחֶרְפָּהcherpâh/kher-paw'/H2781contumely, disgrace, the pudenda
hath
brokenשָׁבַרshâbar/shaw-bar'/H7665to burst (literally or figuratively)
my
heart;לֵבlêb/labe/H3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
and
I
am
full
of
heaviness:נוּשׁnûwsh/noosh/H5136to be sick, i.e. (figuratively) distressed
and
I
lookedקָוָהqâvâh/kaw-vaw'/H6960to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect; (figuratively) to expect
for
some
to
take
pity,נוּדnûwd/nood/H5110to nod, i.e. waver; figuratively, to wander, flee, disappear; also (from shaking the head in sympathy), to console, deplore, or (from tossing the head in scorn) taunt
but
there
was
none;
and
for
comforters,נָחַםnâcham/naw-kham'/H5162properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself)
but
I
foundמָצָאmâtsâʼ/maw-tsaw'/H4672properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
none.
to
take:
Heb.
to
lament
with
me

Topics

Affliction, Consolation UnderAfflictions and AdversitiesPersecutionProphecies Respecting ChristReviling and Reproaching

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Genesis 4:14

Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.

Genesis 50:21

Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them. kindly: Heb. to their hearts

Genesis 6:6

And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

Job 2:11

Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.

Job 42:11

Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.

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What does Psalms 69:20 say?

Psalms 69:20 (King James Version) reads: "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"

Is Psalms 69:20 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 69:20 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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