Psalms 69:20

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Reproach hath broken{H8804)} my heart; and I am full of heaviness{H8799)}: and I looked{H8762)} for some to take pity{H8800)}, but there was none; and for comforters{H8764)}, but I found{H8804)} none.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַתָּ֤ה יָדַ֗עְתָּ חֶרְפָּתִ֣י וּ֭בָשְׁתִּי וּכְלִמָּתִ֑י נֶ֝גְדְּךָ֗ כָּל־צוֹרְרָֽי׃

Transliteration

'attâ yāda'tā ḥerpātî and-bāštî and-kĕlimmātî before-you all-ṣôrĕrāy

Grammar Details

*'attâ*: 2nd person masculine singular independent pronoun - you
*yāda'tā*: Qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you know
*ḥerpātî*: feminine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my reproach
*bāštî*: feminine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix and prefixed conjunction waw - and my shame
*kĕlimmātî*: feminine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix and prefixed conjunction waw - and my dishonor
*ṣôrĕrāy*: Qal participle, masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - my adversaries

Word Meanings

*yāda'tā*: you know/you knew
*ḥerpātî*: my reproach/my disgrace/my scorn
*bāštî*: my shame/my disgrace
*kĕlimmātî*: my dishonor/my humiliation/my disgrace
*ṣôrĕrāy*: my adversaries/my enemies/those who harass me

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 16:2 : 2 I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.
Isa 63:5 : 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.
Ps 142:4 : 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 : 50 And they all forsook him, and fled.
John 12:27 : 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 : 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 Tim 4:16-17 : 16 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. 17 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.
Heb 11:36 : 36 And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
Matt 26:37-38 : 37 And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy. 38 Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.
Matt 26:56 : 56 But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.
Mark 14:37 : 37 And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour?
Job 19:21-22 : 21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me. 22 Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
Ps 42:6 : 6 O my God, my soul is cast down{H8709)} within me: therefore will I remember{H8799)} thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.
Ps 42:10 : 10 As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies{H8802)} reproach{H8765)} me; while they say{H8800)} daily unto me, Where is thy God?
Ps 123:4 : 4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ps 69:21
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21They gave{H8799)} me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink{H8686)}.
Ps 69:19
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19Thou hast known{H8804)} my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries{H8802)} are all before thee.
Ps 69:9-11
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9For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up{H8804)}; and the reproaches of them that reproached{H8802)} thee are fallen{H8804)} upon me.
10When I wept{H8799)}, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.
11I made{H8799)} sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.
Lam 1:20-22
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77%
20Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled; mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death.
21They have heard that I sigh: there is none to comfort me: all mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it: thou wilt bring the day that thou hast called, and they shall be like unto me.
22Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do unto them, as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.
Ps 142:4
77%
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.
Ps 69:7
76%
7Because for thy sake I have borne{H8804)} reproach; shame hath covered{H8765)} my face.
Jer 8:18
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18When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.
Ps 69:3
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3I am weary{H8804)} of my crying{H8800)}: my throat is dried{H8738)}: mine eyes fail{H8804)} while I wait{H8764)} for my God.
Ps 38:8
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8I am feeble and sore broken{H8738)}: I have roared{H8804)} by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
Ps 143:4
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4Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
Job 19:19
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19All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.
Job 16:20
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20My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.
Ps 109:22
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22For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
Lam 1:16
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16For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.
Lam 1:12
74%
12Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.
Jer 10:19
74%
19Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it.
Ps 31:9-11
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74%
9Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
10For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
11I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.
Ps 35:15
74%
15But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together{H8738)}: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together{H8738)} against me, and I knew{H8804)} it not; they did tear{H8804)} me, and ceased{H8804)} not:
Ps 22:6-7
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6But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
7All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
Ps 73:21
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21Thus my heart was grieved{H8691)}, and I was pricked{H8709)} in my reins.
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25I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.
Ps 102:9
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9For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
Isa 22:4
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4Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.
Ps 22:14-15
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14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
15My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
Job 19:3
73%
3These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me.
Ps 38:6
73%
6I am troubled; I am bowed down{H8804)} greatly; I go{H8765)} mourning{H8802)} all the day long.
Ps 22:1
73%
1To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
Ps 89:50
73%
50Remember{H8798)}, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear{H8800)} in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;
Ps 38:17
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17For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.
Job 30:25
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25Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?
Ps 25:16
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16Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.
Ps 71:11
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11Saying{H8800)}, God hath forsaken{H8804)} him: persecute{H8798)} and take{H8798)} him; for there is none to deliver{H8688)} him.
Jer 14:19
73%
19Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!
Job 19:14
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14My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
Job 16:10
73%
10They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
Ps 42:3
73%
3My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say{H8800)} unto me, Where is thy God?
Ps 38:10
73%
10My heart panteth, my strength faileth{H8804)} me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
Lam 3:14
73%
14I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.
Ps 69:26
72%
26For they persecute{H8804)} him whom thou hast smitten{H8689)}; and they talk{H8762)} to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.
Ps 55:12
72%
12For it was not an enemy{H8802)} that reproached{H8762)} me; then I could have borne{H8799)} it: neither was it he that hated{H8764)} me that did magnify{H8689)} himself against me; then I would have hid{H8735)} myself from him:
Job 19:9
72%
9He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
Job 30:19
72%
19He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.