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Psalms 69:20

King James Version (KJV)

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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 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Psalms 69:20

Theological / Devotional

Reproach. Verses 20, 21 have Messianic application (see Matt. 27:34, 48).

To take pity. Compare Isa. 63:5. In Gethsemane the Saviour longed for sympathy in His suffering. Later He was forsaken of all His disciples (see Matt. 26:56; Mark 14:50). The verse is an expression of supreme loneliness.

The two final clauses of the verse constitute a perfect synonymous parallelism, arranged in interlaced form:

“And I look for some to take pity,

but there was none;

And for comforters,

but I found none.”

The pathetic words of this verse are paraphrased in the recitative for tenor, “Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart,” in Handel’s oratorio The Messiah.

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