Psalms 109:24
I am so weak from lack of food that my legs give way; my body is just skin and bones.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.
In Context
23I am fading away like an evening shadow; I am like a locust that is shaken off.
25People ridicule me—they look at me and shake their heads!
Cross References
Psalms 22:14I feel like I'm being poured out like water. I'm falling apart as if all my bones have become loose. My mind feels like it's wax melting inside me.
Psalms 35:13But when they were sick, I put on clothes of sackcloth in sympathy. I denied myself through fasting. May my prayer for them return to bless me too.
Psalms 69:10I wept and I fasted, but they mocked me;
Psalms 102:4I'm like grass that's dried up, withered away—I even forget to eat!
2 Corinthians 11:27I have faced hard labor and struggles, many sleepless nights, hunger and thirst, often going without food, cold, without enough clothing to keep warm.
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 →