Psalms 69 · Verse 19

Psalms 69:19

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

Psalms 69:19 in other translations

BSBYou know my reproach, my shame and disgrace. All my adversaries are before You.
WEBYou know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor. My adversaries are all before you.
ASVThou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonor: Mine adversaries are all before thee.
YLTThou--Thou hast known my reproach, And my shame, and my blushing, Before Thee are all mine adversaries.
DARBYThou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.
BBEYou have seen my shame, how I was laughed at and made low; my haters are all before you.
WebsterThou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonor: my adversaries are all before thee.

What does Psalms 69:19 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 69:19-20
19-20. Calling God to witness his distress, he presents its aggravation produced by the want of sympathizing friends (compare Is 63:5; Mr 14:50).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 19 Thou hast known my reproach - This is one of the most forcible appeals to mercy and compassion that was ever made. The language of these two verses is inimitable; and the sentiment cannot be mended. I can devise no comment that would not lessen their effect.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 69:13-21

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…

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Psalms 69:19 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.

אַתָּ֤ה'a.TahyouH859
יָדַ֗עְתָּya.Da'.tayou knowH3045
חֶרְפָּתִ֣יcher.pa.Tireproach myH2781
וּ֭בָשְׁתִּיU.va.she.tiand shame myH1322
וּכְלִמָּתִ֑יu.khe.li.ma.Tiand ignominy myH3639
נֶ֝גְדְּךָ֗neg.de.kha[are] before youH5048
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
צוֹרְרָֽי\׃tzo.Raiopposers myH6887

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 69:19

  • Hebrews 12:2

    Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

  • Isaiah 53:3

    He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

  • 1 Peter 2:23

    Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:

  • Psalms 38:9

    Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.

  • Psalms 2:2-4

    The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.

  • John 8:49

    Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me.

  • Psalms 69:7-9

    Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face. I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother’s children. For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

  • Psalms 22:6-7

    But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people. All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
my reproach.
7-9; 22:6,7; Isa 53:3; Heb 12:2; 1Pe 2:23
dishonour.
Joh 8:49
mine.
2:2-4; 38:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 69:18

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

  • Psalms 69:19

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

  • Psalms 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.

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Psalms 69:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Tú sabes mi afrenta, y mi confusión, y mi oprobio: delante de ti están todos mis enemigos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Approche-toi de mon âme, sois son rédempteur; rachète-moi à cause de mes ennemis.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Du, du kennst meinen Hohn und meine Schmach und meine Schande; vor dir sind alle meine Bedränger.