Psalms 69:11
When I clothe myself in sackcloth, Then I become their by-word.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.
In Context
10When I weep and fast, That is made my reproach;
12They who sit in the gate speak against me, And I am become the song of drunkards.
Cross References
Job 17:6He made me the by-word of the people; Yea, I have become their abhorrence.
Psalms 44:13Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, A scorn and a derision to those who are around us.
Isaiah 20:2at that time spake Jehovah through Isaiah the son of Amoz in this manner: Go, and loose the sackcloth from thy loins, and put off thy shoes from thy feet. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.
Jeremiah 24:9and I will give them up to oppression and affliction in all the kingdoms of the earth; yea, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.
Joel 1:13Gird yourselves with sackcloth and mourn, ye priests! Howl, ye ministers of the altar! Come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God, For the flour-offering and the drink-offering are 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 →