The Meaning of Psalms 69:19 Explained

Psalms 69:19

KJV: Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.

YLT: Thou -- Thou hast known my reproach, And my shame, and my blushing, Before Thee are all mine adversaries.

Darby: Thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.

ASV: Thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonor: Mine adversaries are all before thee.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Thou hast known  my reproach,  and my shame,  and my dishonour:  mine adversaries  [are] all before thee. 

What does Psalms 69:19 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalms 69:18-36 - "jehovah Heareth The Needy"
In Psalms 69:19-21 the psalmist again spreads out his griefs before God. He had looked for pity, but his foes only aggravated his sufferings. Both Matthew and John had these verses in mind in describing our Lord's sufferings on the Cross, Matthew 27:48; John 19:29. The next section, Psalms 69:22-28, is full of imprecations. We cannot bring these terrible words within the scope of our Lord's teachings. They show, like a pillar which marks the farthest recession of the tide, how great a difference there is between the standard of the Old Testament ethics and that by which we shall be judged.
Psalms 69:29-36 are full of anticipations of deliverance and vows of thanksgiving. The psalmist is sure that God's salvation will lift him above his enemies, and that his thanks will be sweeter to God than any sacrifice. Notice that sudden address to seekers after God, Psalms 69:32. Let us draw lessons from our own experiences of God that will hearten others. Seekers will certainly be finders where God is concerned! Matthew 7:7. The news of God's restoring power will circle out in ever-widening waves of glory, till heaven and earth and sea catch up the story and respond. [source]

Chapter Summary: Psalms 69

1  David complains of his affliction
13  He prays for deliverance
22  He devotes his enemies to destruction
30  He praises God with thanksgiving

What do the individual words in Psalms 69:19 mean?

You know my reproach and my shame and my dishonor before You all My adversaries [are]
אַתָּ֤ה יָדַ֗עְתָּ חֶרְפָּתִ֣י וּ֭בָשְׁתִּי וּכְלִמָּתִ֑י נֶ֝גְדְּךָ֗ כָּל־ צוֹרְרָֽי

יָדַ֗עְתָּ  know 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: דָּעָה 
Sense: to know.
חֶרְפָּתִ֣י  my  reproach 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: חֶרְפָּה  
Sense: reproach, scorn.
וּ֭בָשְׁתִּי  and  my  shame 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: בֹּשֶׁת  
Sense: shame.
וּכְלִמָּתִ֑י  and  my  dishonor 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: כְּלִמָּה  
Sense: disgrace, reproach, shame, confusion, dishonour, insult, ignominy.
נֶ֝גְדְּךָ֗  before  You 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine singular
Root: נֶגֶד  
Sense: what is conspicuous, what is in front of adv.
צוֹרְרָֽי  My  adversaries  [are] 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural construct, first person common singular
Root: צָרַר 
Sense: to bind, be narrow, be in distress, make narrow, cause distress, besiege, be straitened, be bound.