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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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Reproach has broken my heart - The reproaches, the calumnies, the aspersions, the slanders of others, have crushed me. I am not abl…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

I am full of heaviness. —Rather, I am sick. The word here used (with its cognates), as well as that rendered

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me. Hear me, O Lord, for thy lo…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am afflicted. He expresses more distinctly not only that he was confounded, or ashamed at the sad as…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Reproach has broken my heart
This was his case when his soul was exceeding sorrowful unto death, and his heart like …

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Whatever deep waters of affliction or temptation we sink into, whatever floods of trouble or ungodly men seem ready to overwhelm us, let us perseve…

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