Psalms 109:24
My knees totter from fasting, And my flesh faileth of fatness.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.
In Context
23I am going like a shadow; I am driven away as the locust.
25I am a reproach to my enemies; They gaze at me; they shake their heads.
Cross References
Psalms 22:14I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint; My heart is become like wax; It melteth in my bosom.
Psalms 35:13And yet I, during their sickness, clothed myself with sackcloth, And afflicted myself with fasting; And my prayer was turned to my bosom.
Psalms 69:10When I weep and fast, That is made my reproach;
Psalms 102:4My heart is smitten and withered like grass; Yea, I forget to eat my bread.
2 Corinthians 11:27by weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
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 →