Psalms 109:24
My knees are weak through fasting, and my flesh fails of fatness.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.
In Context
23I am gone like the shadow when it declines. I am tossed up and down as the locust.
25I also have become a reproach to them. When they see me, they shake their head.
Cross References
Psalms 22:14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; it is melted within me.
Psalms 35:13But as for me, when they were sick my clothing was sackcloth. I afflicted my soul with fasting, and my prayer returned into my own bosom.
Psalms 69:10When I wept in my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.
Psalms 102:4My heart is smitten like grass, and withered, for I forget to eat my bread.
2 Corinthians 11:27in toil and hardship, in frequent sleeplessness, in hunger and thirst, in frequent fasts, in cold and nakedness.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 109:22-31
Humble Petitions; Triumphing in God. 21 But do thou for me, O God the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me. 22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. 23 I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust. 24 My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness. 25 I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads. 26 Help me, O Lord my God: O save me according to thy mercy: 27 That… Read the whole commentary →