Psalm 69:20 Meaning
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.
Context Explained
18Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.
19Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.
20Reproach 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.
21They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
22Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
Key Themes
Related Cross References
Isaiah 53:3
This verse prophesies the suffering and rejection of the Messiah, paralleling the speaker's feelings.
John 16:32
Jesus acknowledges the abandonment He would face, similar to the speaker's experience.
Psalm 22:11
Both verses express a deep sense of distress and the need for comfort.
Source: Psalm 69:20