KJV King James Version
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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Psalm 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.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found no one.
WEB World English Bible
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.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am sick, And I look for a bemoaner, and there is none, And for comforters, and I have found none.
Surrounding context — Psalm 69
17 And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.
18 Draw nigh unto my soul, [and] redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.
19 Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries [are] all before thee.
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.
21 They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
22 Let their table become a snare before them: and [that which should have been] for [their] welfare, [let it become] a trap.
23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.
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חֶרְפָּ֤ה׀H2781 · cher.pahreproachשָֽׁבְרָ֥הH7665 · sha.varto breakלִבִּ֗יH3820 · levheartוָֽאָ֫נ֥וּשָׁהH5136 · nushbe sickוָאֲקַוֶּ֣הH6960 · qa.vahto awaitלָנ֣וּדH5110 · nudto wanderוָאַ֑יִןH369 · a.yinnothingוְ֝לַמְנַחֲמִ֗יםH5162 · na.chamto be sorry: comfortוְלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotמָצָֽאתִי׃H4672 · ma.tsato find
Cross-references
Isaiah 63:5And I looked, and [there was] none to help; and I wondered that [there was] none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me.Psalm 142:4I looked on [my] right hand, and beheld, but [there was] no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.Job 16:2I have heard many such things: miserable comforters [are] ye all.Mark 14:50And they all forsook him, and fled.Matthew 26:56But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.John 12:27Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.2 Timothy 4:16-17At my first answer no man stood with me, but all [men] forsook me: [I pray God] that it may not be laid to their charge.John 16:32Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.Job 19:21-22Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.Mark 14:37And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour?Psalm 42:10[As] with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where [is] thy God?Matthew 26:37-38And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy.Hebrews 11:36And others had trial of [cruel] mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:Psalm 42:6O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.Psalm 123:4Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, [and] with the contempt of the proud.
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