Psalms 109:24
My knees are weak because I have ◄fasted/abstained from eating food► very often, and my body has become very thin.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 22:14I am completely exhausted [MET], and all my bones are out of their joints/places. I no longer expect that God will save me; that expectation is gone completely, like wax that has melted away.
Psalms 35:13When they were ill, I showed that I was sad. I did not eat any food, and I bowed my head as I prayed for them.
Psalms 69:10When I have humbled myself and ◄fasted/abstained from eating food► to show my sadness about the disgraceful things that they have done to your temple, they just insult me.
Psalms 102:4I feel like I am drying up like grass [SIM] that has been beaten/trampled down, and I no longer have a desire to eat food.
2 Corinthians 11:27I have worked very hard [DOU] to earn ◄ a living/what I need►, and often I did not sleep. At times I was hungry and thirsty, and at times I did not have enough time to eat. Sometimes I was cold because I did not have enough clothes to wear.
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 →