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19 Draw near to me and redeem me;
    deliver me from my enemies.
20 You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor;
    all my oppressors are in your sight.
21 Insults have so broken my heart
    that I am near the end of my strength.
I looked for compassion, but in vain,
    for some consolers, but I found none.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 69:21 I looked for . . . consolers, but I found none: see Job 6:14ff; 16:2; Lam 1:2; and in reference to Jesus, see Mt 26:40; Jn 16:32.

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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