Psalms 69:20
Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found no one.
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ASV
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.
KJV
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.
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10 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| חֶרְפָּ֤ה׀ | cher.Pah | reproach | H2781 → |
| שָֽׁבְרָ֥ה | sha.ve.Rah | it has broken | H7665 → |
| לִבִּ֗י | li.Bi | heart my | H3820 → |
| וָֽאָ֫נ֥וּשָׁה | va.'A.Nu.shah | and I have become sick ! | H5136 → |
| וָאֲקַוֶּ֣ה | va.'a.ka.Veh | and I waited | H6960 → |
| לָנ֣וּד | la.Nud | to show sympathy | H5110 → |
| וָאַ֑יִן | va.'A.yin | and there not | H369 → |
| וְ֝לַמְנַחֲמִ֗ים | ve.lam.na.cha.Mim | and for <the> comforters | H5162 → |
| וְלֹ֣א | ve.Lo' | and not | H3808 → |
| מָצָֽאתִי׃ | ma.Tza.ti | I found [them] | H4672 → |
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