Psalms 109:25
And I am become a reproach unto them; [when] they look upon me they shake their heads.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.
In Context
24My knees are failing through fasting, and my flesh hath lost its fatness;
26Help me, Jehovah my God; save me according to thy loving-kindness:
Cross References
Job 16:4I also could speak as ye: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could join together words against you, and shake my head at you;
Psalms 22:7All they that see me laugh me to scorn; they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, [saying:]
Psalms 31:11More than to all mine oppressors, I am become exceedingly a reproach, even to my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that see me without flee from me.
Psalms 69:9For the zeal of thy house hath devoured me, and the reproaches of them that reproach thee have fallen upon me.
Psalms 69:19*Thou* knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.
Matthew 27:39But the passers-by reviled him, shaking their heads
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 →