Psalms 69:11
(69-12) I made sackcloth also my garment, and I became a byword unto them.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.
In Context
10(69-11) And I wept with my soul fasting, and that became unto me a reproach.
12(69-13) They that sit in the gate talk of me; and I am the song of the drunkards.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:37And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples whither the LORD shall lead thee away.
Job 17:6He hath made me also a byword of the people; and I am become one in whose face they spit.
Psalms 44:13(44-14) Thou makest us a taunt to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
Isaiah 20:2at that time the LORD spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying: 'Go, and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put thy shoe from off thy foot.' And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.
Jeremiah 24:9I will even make them a horror among all the kingdoms of the earth for evil; a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.
Joel 1:13Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests, wail, ye ministers of the altar; come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God; for the meal-offering and the drink-offering is withholden from the house of your God.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 69:2-13
Complaints and Petitions. 1 Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul. 2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. 3 I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God. 4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away. 5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins… Read the whole commentary →