Psalms 109:24
My knees are weak from fasting, and my body grows lean and gaunt.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.
In Context
23I am fading away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.
25I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.
Cross References
Psalms 22:14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.
Psalms 35:13Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.
Psalms 69:10I wept and fasted, but it brought me reproach.
Psalms 102:4My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread.
2 Corinthians 11:27in labor and toil and often without sleep, in hunger and thirst and often without food, in cold and exposure.
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 →