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If only one person would show some pity; if only one would turn and comfort me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/69.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Reproaches have broken my heart, so that I am in despair. I looked for pity, but there was none, and for comforters, but I found none.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/69.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/69.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked <i>for some</i> to take pity, but <i>there was</i> none; and for comforters, but I found none.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/69.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Reproach has broken my heart, And I am full of heaviness; I looked <i>for someone</i> to take pity, but <i>there was</i> none; And for comforters, but I found none.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/69.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Disgrace has broken my heart, and I am so sick. And I waited for sympathy, but there was none; And for comforters, but I found none.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/69.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Reproach has broken my heart and I am so sick. And I looked for sympathy, but there was none, And for comforters, but I found none.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/69.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Reproach has broken my heart, and I am so sick. And I looked for sympathy, but there was none, And for comforters, but I found none.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/69.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Reproach has broken my heart and I am so sick. And I hoped for sympathy, but there was none, And for comforters, but I found none.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/69.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Reproach <i>and</i> insults have broken my heart and I am so sick. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, And for comforters, but I found none.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/69.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I waited for sympathy, but there was none; for comforters, but found no one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/69.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I waited for sympathy, but there was none; for comforters, but found no one. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/69.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/69.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I am crushed by insults, and I feel sick. I had hoped for mercy and pity, but there was none. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/69.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/69.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Insults have broken my heart, and I am sick. I looked for sympathy, but there was none. I looked for people to comfort me, but I found no one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/69.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I had hoped for sympathy, but there was none; for comfort, but I found none. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/69.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Insults broke my heart. I despaired and looked for sympathy; but there was none, for comforters, but I found none.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/69.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/69.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Their insults are painful and make me lose heart; I look for sympathy, but receive none, for comforters, but find none. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/69.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Insults have broken my heart, so that I am in despair. I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; for comforters, but I found none.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/69.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/69.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />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. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/69.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Reproach has 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/69.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/69.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Reproach broke my heart, and I shall be ill at ease: and I shall hope for comforting, and none; and for those consoling, and I found not.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/69.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />In thy sight are all they that afflict me; my heart hath expected reproach and misery. And I looked for one that would grieve together with me, but there was none: and for one that would comfort me, and I found none. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/69.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 68:21>All those who trouble me are in your sight; my heart has anticipated reproach and misery. And I sought for one who might grieve together with me, but there was no one, and for one who might console me, and I found no one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/69.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Insult has broken my heart, and I despair; I looked for compassion, but there was none, for comforters, but found none. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/69.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Insults have broken my heart, so that I am in despair. I looked for pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/69.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />O thou, heal my broken heart and bind it; I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/69.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Heal the breaking of my heart and bind it up; I have waited for one to grieve for it, and there is none, and for a comforter, and I have not found one.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/69.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am sore sick; And I looked for some to show compassion, but there was none; And for comforters, but I found none.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/69.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />My soul has waited for reproach and misery; and I waited for one to grieve with me, but there was none; and for one to comfort me, but I found none.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/69-20.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=8275" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/69.htm">The Waters Are Up to My Neck</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">19</span>You know my reproach, my shame and disgrace. All my adversaries are before You. <span class="reftext">20</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2781.htm" title="2781: ḥer·pāh (N-fs) -- A reproach. From charaph. contumely, disgrace, the pudenda.">Insults</a> <a href="/hebrew/7665.htm" title="7665: šā·ḇə·rāh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- To break, break in pieces. A primitive root; to burst.">have broken</a> <a href="/hebrew/3820.htm" title="3820: lib·bî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- A form of lebab; the heart; also used very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything.">my heart,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5136.htm" title="5136: wā·’ā·nū·šāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-1cs:: 3fs) -- To be sick. A primitive root; to be sick, i.e. distressed.">and I am in despair.</a> <a href="/hebrew/6960.htm" title="6960: wā·’ă·qaw·weh (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConsecImperf-1cs) -- To bind together, collect, to expect. A primitive root; to bind together, i.e. Collect; to expect.">I looked</a> <a href="/hebrew/5110.htm" title="5110: lā·nūḏ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- A primitive root; to nod, i.e. Waver; figuratively, to wander, flee, disappear; also, to console, deplore, or taunt.">for sympathy,</a> <a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="369: wā·’a·yin (Conj-w:: Adv) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.">but there was none,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5162.htm" title="5162: wə·lam·na·ḥă·mîm (Conj-w, Prep-l, Art:: V-Piel-Prtcpl-mp) -- A primitive root; properly, to sigh, i.e. Breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. to pity, console or rue; or to avenge.">for comforters,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4672.htm" title="4672: mā·ṣā·ṯî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To attain to, find. ">but I found</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">no one.</a> </span><span class="reftext">21</span>They poisoned my food with gall and gave me vinegar to quench my thirst.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/53-3.htm">Isaiah 53:3</a></span><br />He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/26-37.htm">Matthew 26:37-38</a></span><br />He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee and began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed. / Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with Me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/1-11.htm">John 1:11</a></span><br />He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/11-33.htm">John 11:33-35</a></span><br />When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, He was deeply moved in spirit and troubled. / “Where have you put him?” He asked. “Come and see, Lord,” they answered. / Jesus wept.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/14-33.htm">Mark 14:33-34</a></span><br />He took with Him Peter, James, and John, and began to be deeply troubled and distressed. / Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/22-44.htm">Luke 22:44</a></span><br />And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/15-25.htm">John 15:25</a></span><br />But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated Me without reason.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/15-3.htm">Romans 15:3</a></span><br />For even Christ did not please Himself, but as it is written: “The insults of those who insult You have fallen on Me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/4-15.htm">Hebrews 4:15</a></span><br />For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/2-23.htm">1 Peter 2:23</a></span><br />When they heaped abuse on Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats, but entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/1-12.htm">Lamentations 1:12</a></span><br />Is this nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look around and see! Is there any sorrow like mine, which was inflicted on me, which the LORD made me suffer on the day of His fierce anger?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/16-20.htm">Job 16:20</a></span><br />My friends are my scoffers as my eyes pour out tears to God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/15-18.htm">Jeremiah 15:18</a></span><br />Why is my pain unending, and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You have indeed become like a mirage to me—water that is not there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/22-6.htm">Psalm 22:6-7</a></span><br />But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people. / All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/31-9.htm">Psalm 31:9-10</a></span><br />Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sorrow, my soul and body as well. / For my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my iniquity has drained my strength, and my bones are wasting away.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="hdg">Reproach</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/42-10.htm">Psalm 42:10</a></b></br> <i>As</i> with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where <i>is</i> thy God?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/123-4.htm">Psalm 123:4</a></b></br> Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, <i>and</i> with the contempt of the proud.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hebrews/11-36.htm">Hebrews 11:36</a></b></br> And others had trial of <i>cruel</i> mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:</p><p class="hdg">I am</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/42-6.htm">Psalm 42:6</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/26-37.htm">Matthew 26:37,38</a></b></br> And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/12-27.htm">John 12:27</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="hdg">I looked</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/63-5.htm">Isaiah 63:5</a></b></br> And I looked, and <i>there was</i> none to help; and I wondered that <i>there was</i> none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/mark/14-37.htm">Mark 14:37,50</a></b></br> And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour? … </p><p class="hdg">take pity [heb.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/142-4.htm">Psalm 142:4</a></b></br> I looked on <i>my</i> right hand, and beheld, but <i>there was</i> no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/16-32.htm">John 16:32</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_timothy/4-16.htm">2 Timothy 4:16,17</a></b></br> At my first answer no man stood with me, but all <i>men</i> forsook me: <i>I pray God</i> that it may not be laid to their charge… </p><p class="hdg">comforters</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/16-2.htm">Job 16:2</a></b></br> I have heard many such things: miserable comforters <i>are</i> ye all.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/19-21.htm">Job 19:21,22</a></b></br> Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/25-46.htm">Matthew 25:46</a></b></br> And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/69-10.htm">Bitter</a> <a href="/psalms/62-3.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/ruth/4-15.htm">Comforter</a> <a href="/job/16-2.htm">Comforters</a> <a href="/psalms/69-16.htm">Compassion</a> <a href="/psalms/43-5.htm">Despair</a> <a href="/psalms/68-10.htm">Found</a> <a href="/psalms/68-26.htm">Full</a> <a href="/psalms/69-11.htm">Grief</a> <a href="/psalms/66-18.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/job/9-27.htm">Heaviness</a> <a href="/psalms/41-1.htm">Helpless</a> <a href="/psalms/69-9.htm">Insults</a> <a href="/revelation/4-1.htm">Looked</a> <a href="/psalms/65-3.htm">Overwhelmed</a> <a href="/psalms/69-16.htm">Pity</a> <a href="/psalms/69-19.htm">Reproach</a> <a href="/psalms/69-10.htm">Scorn</a> <a href="/psalms/64-6.htm">Search</a> <a href="/psalms/68-28.htm">Show</a> <a href="/psalms/35-13.htm">Sick</a> <a href="/psalms/66-11.htm">Sore</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/19-3.htm">Sympathy</a> <a href="/psalms/69-16.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/69-21.htm">Bitter</a> <a href="/psalms/74-6.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/4-1.htm">Comforter</a> <a href="/nahum/3-7.htm">Comforters</a> <a href="/psalms/72-13.htm">Compassion</a> <a href="/psalms/88-15.htm">Despair</a> <a href="/psalms/76-5.htm">Found</a> <a href="/psalms/69-29.htm">Full</a> <a href="/psalms/69-26.htm">Grief</a> <a href="/psalms/69-32.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/psalms/119-28.htm">Heaviness</a> <a href="/psalms/88-15.htm">Helpless</a> <a href="/psalms/89-50.htm">Insults</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-6.htm">Looked</a> <a href="/psalms/77-3.htm">Overwhelmed</a> <a href="/psalms/72-13.htm">Pity</a> <a href="/psalms/71-13.htm">Reproach</a> <a href="/psalms/71-13.htm">Scorn</a> <a href="/psalms/77-6.htm">Search</a> <a href="/psalms/71-15.htm">Show</a> <a href="/psalms/107-17.htm">Sick</a> <a href="/psalms/71-20.htm">Sore</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-5.htm">Sympathy</a> <a href="/psalms/75-5.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 69</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/69-1.htm">David complains of his affliction</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/69-13.htm">He prays for deliverance</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/69-22.htm">He devotes his enemies to destruction</a></span><br><span class="reftext">30. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/69-30.htm">He praises God with thanksgiving</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The breaking of the heart signifies profound sorrow and vulnerability. In the cultural context of ancient Israel, honor and reputation were highly valued, and insults could lead to social isolation and shame. This phrase can be seen as a type of Christ, who also endured insults and rejection, as prophesied in <a href="/isaiah/53-3.htm">Isaiah 53:3</a>, "He was despised and rejected by men." The breaking of the heart is a metaphor for the deep emotional and spiritual suffering that Jesus experienced during His passion.<p><b>and I am in despair.</b><br>Despair here indicates a state of hopelessness and deep distress. In the biblical context, despair often arises from a sense of abandonment or overwhelming adversity. The psalmist's despair can be linked to the experiences of other biblical figures, such as Job, who also faced intense suffering and felt abandoned by friends and God. This phrase resonates with the human condition of feeling forsaken, which Jesus Himself expressed on the cross in <a href="/matthew/27-46.htm">Matthew 27:46</a>, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" It highlights the depth of suffering that can lead to a sense of utter desolation.<p><b>I looked for sympathy, but there was none,</b><br>The search for sympathy underscores the human need for compassion and understanding during times of distress. In the historical context, community and familial support were crucial for emotional and social well-being. The absence of sympathy reflects a profound sense of isolation and betrayal, similar to what Jesus experienced when His disciples deserted Him in His hour of need (<a href="/matthew/26-56.htm">Matthew 26:56</a>). This lack of sympathy can also be seen as a fulfillment of the prophecy in <a href="/psalms/22-11.htm">Psalm 22:11</a>, "Do not be far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help."<p><b>for comforters, but I found no one.</b><br>The desire for comforters highlights the need for solace and encouragement. In ancient Near Eastern culture, mourners were often accompanied by professional comforters or friends who would offer support. The absence of comforters emphasizes the depth of the psalmist's isolation and mirrors the experience of Jesus, who found no one to comfort Him during His trials and crucifixion. This phrase connects to the prophecy in <a href="/isaiah/63-3.htm">Isaiah 63:3</a>, "I have trodden the winepress alone; from the nations no one was with me." It underscores the theme of abandonment and the fulfillment of messianic prophecy through Christ's suffering.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>Traditionally attributed as the author of <a href="/bsb/psalms/69.htm">Psalm 69</a>, David is expressing deep personal anguish and seeking God's deliverance.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/e/enemies.htm">Enemies</a></b><br>The psalm reflects David's experience of being surrounded by adversaries who scorn and reject him.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The ultimate source of comfort and deliverance, whom David seeks in his distress.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>While not directly mentioned in this verse, the context of David's life and his connection to Jerusalem as the city of God is implicit.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/m/messianic_foreshadowing.htm">Messianic Foreshadowing</a></b><br>This psalm is often seen as prophetic, pointing to the suffering of Christ, who also experienced rejection and scorn.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_emotional_pain.htm">The Reality of Emotional Pain</a></b><br>Acknowledge that even the most faithful believers, like David, experience deep emotional pain and rejection.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/seeking_god_in_distress.htm">Seeking God in Distress</a></b><br>In times of scorn and loneliness, turn to God as the ultimate source of comfort and strength.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/empathy_and_support.htm">Empathy and Support</a></b><br>As followers of Christ, we are called to be comforters to those in distress, reflecting God's love and compassion.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/christ's_identification_with_our_suffering.htm">Christ's Identification with Our Suffering</a></b><br>Recognize that Jesus fully understands our pain, having endured rejection and scorn Himself.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_god's_deliverance.htm">Hope in God's Deliverance</a></b><br>Trust in God's promise of deliverance and restoration, even when human support is lacking.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_69.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 69</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_evidence_shows_david's_deep_distress.htm">Psalm 69:20 says the psalmist’s heart was broken by scorn—what external evidence supports such severe distress in David’s life? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/psalm_85__how_to_reconcile_hope_with_exile.htm">Psalm 85 - How can we harmonize this psalm's hope for national revival with other biblical texts that emphasize permanent punishment or exile?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_can_faith_help_overcome_despair.htm">How can faith help overcome despair?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_bsb.htm">Will zeal for your house consume me?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/69.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(20) <span class= "bld">I am full of heaviness.</span>--Rather, <span class= "ital">I am sick. </span>The word here used (with its cognates), as well as that rendered <span class= "ital">pity </span>in the next clause, are favourite words with Jeremiah, as also are the figures of the next verse. (See <a href="/jeremiah/8-14.htm" title="Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defended cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God has put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.">Jeremiah 8:14</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/9-15.htm" title="Therefore thus said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.">Jeremiah 9:15</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/23-15.htm" title="Therefore thus said the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.">Jeremiah 23:15</a>.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/69.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 20.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Reproach hath broken my heart.</span> (comp. vers. 7, 9, 19). Some of his enemies' reproaches were, no doubt, based on David's old misdoings. These, which he could not rebut, would cause him the severest pain. <span class="cmt_word">And I am full of heaviness;</span> or, "full of sickness;" "very sick" (Kay); "sick to death" (Delitzsch). <span class="cmt_word">And I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.</span> It is questioned whether David was ever without friends to pity and comfort him, and suggested that at this point he passes from narrative to prophecy, and describes, not his own condition, but that of the Messiah, whom he typified, speaking as he was moved by the Holy Ghost. Jesus was certainly left without pity or comfort, when "all the disciples forsook him, and fled" (<a href="/matthew/26-56.htm">Matthew 26:56</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/69-20.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Insults</span><br /><span class="heb">חֶרְפָּ֤ה ׀</span> <span class="translit">(ḥer·pāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2781.htm">Strong's 2781: </a> </span><span class="str2">Contumely, disgrace, the pudenda</span><br /><br /><span class="word">have broken</span><br /><span class="heb">שָֽׁבְרָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(šā·ḇə·rāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7665.htm">Strong's 7665: </a> </span><span class="str2">To break, break in pieces</span><br /><br /><span class="word">my heart,</span><br /><span class="heb">לִבִּ֗י</span> <span class="translit">(lib·bî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3820.htm">Strong's 3820: </a> </span><span class="str2">The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and I am in despair.</span><br /><span class="heb">וָֽאָ֫נ֥וּשָׁה</span> <span class="translit">(wā·’ā·nū·šāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5136.htm">Strong's 5136: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be sick, distressed</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I looked</span><br /><span class="heb">וָאֲקַוֶּ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(wā·’ă·qaw·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6960.htm">Strong's 6960: </a> </span><span class="str2">To bind together, collect, to expect</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for sympathy,</span><br /><span class="heb">לָנ֣וּד</span> <span class="translit">(lā·nūḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5110.htm">Strong's 5110: </a> </span><span class="str2">To nod, waver, to wander, flee, disappear, to console, deplore, taunt</span><br /><br /><span class="word">but there was none,</span><br /><span class="heb">וָאַ֑יִן</span> <span class="translit">(wā·’a·yin)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_369.htm">Strong's 369: </a> </span><span class="str2">A non-entity, a negative particle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for comforters,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְ֝לַמְנַחֲמִ֗ים</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lam·na·ḥă·mîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5162.htm">Strong's 5162: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sigh, breathe strongly, to be sorry, to pity, console, rue, to avenge</span><br /><br /><span class="word">but I found</span><br /><span class="heb">מָצָֽאתִי׃</span> <span class="translit">(mā·ṣā·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4672.htm">Strong's 4672: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present</span><br /><br /><span class="word">no one.</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֹ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/69-20.htm">Psalm 69:20 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/69-20.htm">Psalm 69:20 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/69-20.htm">Psalm 69:20 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/69-20.htm">Psalm 69:20 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/69-20.htm">Psalm 69:20 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/69-20.htm">Psalm 69:20 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/69-20.htm">Psalm 69:20 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/69-20.htm">Psalm 69:20 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/69-20.htm">Psalm 69:20 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/69-20.htm">Psalm 69:20 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/69-20.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 69:20 Reproach has broken my heart and (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/69-19.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 69:19"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 69:19" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/69-21.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 69:21"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 69:21" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>