Psalms 69:21

"Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness. I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; for comforters, but I found none."

Key Reflection

This verse vividly portrays the depth of David's distress, showing how relentless reproach can shatter one’s spirit and leave them feeling utterly alone. David’s plea for comfort highlights his desperate longing for support in his time of anguish, emphasizing the isolation often experienced in moments of profound sorrow.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

They gave me also -My enemies; all persons around me. No one would show me even so much kindness as to give me food when I was hungry, or drink when I was thirsty. They utterly forsook me; they left me to die unpitied. Nay, they did more than this. When I was perishing with hunger, they not only refused to give me wholesome food, but they mocked my sufferings by giving me a bitter and poisonous herb for food, and vinegar for my drink. Gall for my meat -For my food. Or, they gave me this “instead” of wholesome food. The word here rendered “gall” -ראשׁrô'sh- is the same “in form” which is commonly rendered “head,” and occurs in this sense very often in the Scriptures.

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