Psalms 69 · Verse 20

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.
Psalms 69:20, King James Version

Psalms 69:20 in other translations

BSBInsults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found no one.
WEBReproach 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.
ASVReproach 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.
YLTReproach 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.
DARBYReproach hath broken my heart, and I am overwhelmed: and I looked for sympathy, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
BBEMy heart is broken by bitter words, I am full of grief; I made a search for some to have pity on me, but there was no one; I had no comforter.
WebsterReproach 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.

What does Psalms 69:20 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).

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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 69:20 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.

חֶרְפָּ֤ה\׀cher.PahreproachH2781
שָֽׁבְרָ֥הsha.ve.Rahit has brokenH7665
לִבִּ֗יli.Biheart myH3820
וָֽאָ֫נ֥וּשָׁהva.'A.Nu.shahand I have become sick !H5136
וָאֲקַוֶּ֣הva.'a.ka.Vehand I waitedH6960
לָנ֣וּדla.Nudto show sympathyH5110
וָאַ֑יִןva.'A.yinand there notH369
וְ֝לַמְנַחֲמִ֗יםve.lam.na.cha.Mimand for <the> comfortersH5162
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808
מָצָֽאתִי\׃ma.Tza.tiI found [them]H4672

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

Cross references for Psalms 69:20

  • Isaiah 63:5

    And 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.

  • Job 16:2

    I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.

  • Psalms 142:4

    I 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.

  • Mark 14:50

    And they all forsook him, and fled.

  • Matthew 26:56

    But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.

  • John 12:27

    Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.

  • John 16:32

    Behold, 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.

  • 2 Timothy 4:16-17

    At 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. Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

  • Matthew 26:37-38

    And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy. Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.

  • Psalms 123:4

    Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.

  • Hebrews 11:36

    And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:

  • Psalms 42:6

    O 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reproach.
42:10; 123:4; Heb 11:36
I am.
42:6; Mt 26:37,38; Joh 12:27
I looked.
Isa 63:5; Mr 14:37,50
take pity. Heb. to lament with me. but there.
142:4; Joh 16:32; 2Ti 4:16,17
comforters.
Job 16:2; 19:21,22; Mt 26:56

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Context

  • 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.

  • Psalms 69:21

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

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Psalms 69:20 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		La afrenta ha quebrantado mi corazón, y estoy acongojado: y esperé quien se compadeciese de mí, y no lo hubo: y consoladores, y ninguno hallé.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Toi, tu connais mon opprobre, et ma honte, et ma confusion: tous mes adversaires sont devant toi.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Der Hohn hat mein Herz gebrochen, und ich bin ganz elend; und ich habe auf Mitleiden gewartet, und da war keines, und auf Tröster, und ich habe keine gefunden.