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Reproachחֶרְפָּהhas brokenשָׁבְרָהmy heart,לִבִּיand I am sick;וָאָנוּשָׁהI waited forוָאֲקַוֶּהsomeone to grieve with me,לָנוּדbut there was none,וָאַיִןand for comforters,וְלַמְנַחֲמִיםbut I did notוְלֹאfind any.מָצָאתִי
Psalms 69:20
Study it in the app“Reproach has broken my heart, and I am sick; I waited for someone to grieve with me, but there was none, and for comforters, but I did not find any.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 69:20, word by word
- Reproachחֶרְפָּהcherpa
disgrace, reproach
Disgrace, reproach, scorn from others. Being childless was then felt as a humiliation.
Where else “cherpa” appears- has brokenשָׁבְרָהshavra
crush
To break pride; "a broken heart".
Where else “shavra” appears- my heartלִבִּlibi
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “libi” appears- and I am sickאָנוּשָׁanusha
be sick, despairing
To be sick, without strength, cast down. It appears only once in the Bible.
Where else “anusha” appears- I waited forאֲקַוֶּהakave
wait
To long and look for, above all YHWH.
Where else “akave” appears- someone to grieve with meנוּדnud
sympathize
To show sorrow for someone and comfort him.
Where else “nud” appears- and for comfortersמְנַחֲמִיםmenachamim
comfort
To ease someone in his pain with words and company.
Where else “menachamim” appears- find anyמָצָאתִיmatsati
find
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “matsati” appears
The context
19You know my reproach and my shame and my humiliation; before you are all my adversaries.
20 · This verse (above)
21And they put in my food poison, and for my thirst they gave me to drink sour wine.