Psalms 109:24
My knees totter from fasting, my flesh is shrivelled and spare.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.
In Context
23I am gone like a lengthening shadow, I am shaken off like a locust.
25They heap insults upon me: when they see me, they shake their head.
Cross References
Psalms 22:14Poured out am I like water, and all my bones are loosened. My heart is become like wax, melted within me.
Psalms 35:13But when they were sick, I put on sackcloth, and chastened myself with fasting. I prayed with head bowed low,
Psalms 69:10When I chastened myself with fasting, they took occasion to taunt me.
Psalms 102:4My heart is scorched, withered like grass; I forget to eat my bread.
2 Corinthians 11:27I have been through toil and hardship. I have passed many a sleepless night; I have endured hunger and thirst; I have often been without food; I have known 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 →