The Meaning of Psalms 69:10 Explained

Psalms 69:10

KJV: When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.

YLT: And I weep in the fasting of my soul, And it is for a reproach to me.

Darby: And I wept, my soul was fasting: that also was to my reproach; --

ASV: When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, That was to my reproach.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

When I wept,  [and chastened] my soul  with fasting,  that was to my reproach. 

What does Psalms 69:10 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalm 69:1-17 - A Cry Out Of Deep Waters
This psalm and the Psalms 22:1-31 are quoted most often in the New Testament as referring to our Lord. Psalms 69:1-36 is very sad. Throughout we detect a heart-break. There are many grounds on which the sufferer bases his plea for salvation. First, his imminent danger from inrushing waters and the deep mire like that in which Jeremiah sank. There are also failing strength, the dried throat, and the drooping eyes. Mighty foes, too, who hate wrongfully, are plotting his ruin. The consciousness of sin and the dread that others may be made ashamed through his failure, are also bitter ingredients in his cup. And in addition he bore the reproach of those who hated God. What a combination of misery! In some, though not in all, of these sources of grief, our Savior had a share, and therefore He can be a sympathizing High Priest.
But out of his misery the psalmist builds his altar of prayer. His plea is in God's loving-kindness and tender mercies. Here is the master-argument with God. He can do no other than redeem the soul that clings to Him with such unfaltering faith. It reminds us of the olden resolve, "Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him," Job 13:15, and also recalls the persistence of the Syrophenician woman, Mark 7:26. Such souls need not fear that they can be cast away. [source]

Chapter Summary: Psalm 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 69:10 mean?

And when I wept [and chastened] with fasting my soul that became reproach my
וָאֶבְכֶּ֣ה בַצּ֣וֹם נַפְשִׁ֑י וַתְּהִ֖י לַחֲרָפ֣וֹת לִֽי

וָאֶבְכֶּ֣ה  And  when  I  wept  [and  chastened] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, first person common singular
Root: בָּכָה  
Sense: to weep, bewail, cry, shed tears.
בַצּ֣וֹם  with  fasting 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: צֹום  
Sense: fast, fasting.
נַפְשִׁ֑י  my  soul 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: נֶפֶשׁ  
Sense: soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion.
וַתְּהִ֖י  that  became 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
לַחֲרָפ֣וֹת  reproach 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, feminine plural
Root: חֶרְפָּה  
Sense: reproach, scorn.
לִֽי  my 
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular

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