Psalms 69 · Verse 10

Psalms 69:10

When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.
Psalms 69:10, King James Version

Psalms 69:10 in other translations

BSBI wept and fasted, but it brought me reproach.
WEBWhen I wept and I fasted, that was to my reproach.
ASVWhen I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, That was to my reproach.
YLTAnd I weep in the fasting of my soul, And it is for a reproach to me.
DARBYAnd I wept, my soul was fasting: that also was to my reproach; —
BBEMy bitter weeping, and my going without food, were turned to my shame.
WebsterWhen I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.

What does Psalms 69:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 69:7-12

7-12. This plea contemplates his relation to God as a sufferer in His cause. Reproach, domestic estrangement (Mr 3:21; Joh 7:5), exhaustion in God's service (Joh 2:17), revilings and taunts of base men were the sufferings.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 69:1-12

We should frequently consider the person of the Sufferer here spoken of, and ask why, as well as what he suffered, that, meditating thereon, we may be more humbled for sin, and more convinced of our danger, so that we may feel more gratitude and love, constraining us to live to His glory who died for our salvation. Hence we learn, when in affliction, to commit the keeping of our souls to God, that we may not be…

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Psalms 69:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וָאֶבְכֶּ֣הva.'ev.Kehand I weptH1058
בַצּ֣וֹםva.Tzomwith <the> fastingH6685
נַפְשִׁ֑יnaf.Shiself myH5315
וַתְּהִ֖יva.te.Hiand it becameH1961
לַחֲרָפ֣וֹתla.cha.ra.Fot<into> reproach<es>H2781
לִֽי\׃Lito <the> me

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Cross references for Psalms 69:10

  • Luke 7:33-34

    For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil. The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!

  • Psalms 109:24-25

    My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness. I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.

  • Psalms 102:8-9

    Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me. For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,

  • Psalms 35:13

    But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.

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102:8,9; 109:24,25; Lu 7:33,34

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Context

  • Psalms 69:9

    For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

  • Psalms 69:10

    When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.

  • Psalms 69:11

    I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.

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Psalms 69:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y lloré afligiendo con ayuno mi alma; y esto me ha sido por afrenta.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Car le zèle de ta maison m’a dévoré, et les outrages de ceux qui t’outragent sont tombés sur moi.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Als ich weinte, und meine Seele im Fasten war, da wurde es mir zu Schmähungen;