John Trapp on Psalms 69:20

Verſ. 20. Reproach hath broken mine heart, &c.] He knew his own innocency, and yet it much grieved him to be ſo defamed; for he knew that a good man ſhould be as much as might be not only without fault, but without ſuſpicion of a fault; as Auguſt us Caeſar was wont to ſay of his houſe. Howſoever it is happy that a true Chriſtian hath always his cordial by him, 2 Cor. 1.12. Our rejoycing is this, the teſtimony of our conſcience, &c.

And I looked for ſome to take pity] Heb. To lament with me, or to ſhake the head over me, as Mourners uſe to do, to run to my comfort, and to condole with me. Davids friends failed him in this office alſo. But that was not all,