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20Reproach hath broken{H8804)} my heart; and I am full of heaviness{H8799)}: and I looked{H8762)} for some to take pity{H8800)}, but there was none; and for comforters{H8764)}, but I found{H8804)} none.
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Matthew Henry
(vv. 13-21)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 for that he was made the song of the drunkards; but, notwithstanding that, he resolves to continue praying. Note, Though we may be jeered for well-doing, we must never be jeered out of it. Those can ...
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