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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Gill's Exposition
Reproach hath broken my heart,.... This was his case when his soul was exceeding sorrowful unto death, and his heart like wax melted in the midst of his bows is, Mat 26:38;
and I am full of…
Barnes' Notes
Reproach hath broken my heart - The reproaches, the calumnies, the aspersions, the slanders of others, have crushed me. I am not able to bear up under them; I fail under the burden. Distress may…
David had been speaking before of the spiteful reproaches which his enemies cast upon him; here he adds, But, as for me, my prayer is unto thee. They spoke ill of him for his fasting and praying, and…
Cambridge Bible
hath broken my heart Cp. Jer 23:9.
I am full of heaviness Or, as R.V. marg., sore sick. A cognate word is frequently used in Jer., e.g. Jer 15:18, A.V. incurable.
and I looked&c. Or, and I waited for…
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