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Psalms 69:19-21

I looked for sympathy, but there was none

I have sunk in deep mire, and there is no · Psalms 69

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19You know my reproach, my shame, and my humiliation; all my adversaries are before you.

20Reproach has broken my heart, and I am desperately ill; I looked for sympathy, but there was none, and for comforters, but I found none.

21They gave me poison for my food, and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

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