19 Thou hast known my reproof and my shame, and my dishonor: all mine [a]adversaries are before thee.

20 Rebuke hath broken mine heart, and I am full of heaviness, and [b]I looked for some to have pity on me, but there was none: and for comforters, but I found none.

21 For they gave me gall in my meat, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 69:19 Thou seest that I am beset as a sheep among many wolves.
  2. Psalm 69:20 He showeth that it is in vain to put our trust in men in our great necessities, but that our comfort only dependeth of God: for man rather increaseth our sorrows, than diminisheth them, John 19:29.

19 You know how I am scorned,(A) disgraced and shamed;
    all my enemies are before you.
20 Scorn has broken my heart
    and has left me helpless;
I looked for sympathy, but there was none,
    for comforters,(B) but I found none.(C)
21 They put gall in my food
    and gave me vinegar(D) for my thirst.(E)

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