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Psalms 69:20 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" 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 "
Psalms 69:20
Verse in Context
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Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.
Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries
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
They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
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Psalms 69:1
"[[To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, A Psalm of David.]] Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul."
Psalms 69:2
"I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow"
Psalms 69:3
"I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God."
Psalms 69:4
"They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away."
Psalms 69:5
"O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid"
Psalms 69:6
"Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel."
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