Alone #Messiah texts #Psalter Psalm 69:21 [20]

29. Accompagnato (tenor) – Thy rebuke hath broken his heart; he is full of heaviness. He looked for some to have pity on him, but there was no man, neither found he any to comfort him.

Psalm 69:21 [20]

חֶרְפָּ֤ה ׀ שָֽׁבְרָ֥ה לִבִּ֗י וָֽאָ֫נ֥וּשָׁה וָאֲקַוֶּ֣ה לָנ֣וּד וָאַ֑יִן וְ֝לַמְנַחֲמִ֗ים וְלֹ֣א מָצָֽאתִי		21 Reproach has broken my heart and I am despondent. And I waited for sympathy but there was none, and for comforters but I did not find any.
ca krph wbrh libi vanuwh vaqvvh lnud vain vlmnkmim vla mxati	10 8 10	krp\h wbr\h lb\i va/nvw\h va/qvh l/nvd v/ain vlm/nkm\im v/la mxa\ti

 Despondent, nvw is a hapax. The music for this verse is also unique.