Psalms 109:25
I am become also a taunt unto them; when they see me, they shake their head.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 totter through fasting; and my flesh is lean, and hath no fatness.
26Help me, O LORD my God; O save me according to Thy mercy;
Cross References
Job 16:4I also could speak as ye do; if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could join words together against you, and shake my head at you.
Psalms 22:7(22-8) All they that see me laugh me to scorn; they shoot out the lip, they shake the head:
Psalms 31:11(31-12) Because of all mine adversaries I am become a reproach, yea, unto my neighbours exceedingly, and a dread to mine acquaintance; they that see me without flee from me.
Psalms 69:9(69-10) Because zeal for Thy house hath eaten me up, and the reproaches of them that reproach Thee are fallen upon me.
Psalms 69:19(69-20) Thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my confusion; mine adversaries are all before Thee.
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 →