Psalms 69:10
When I wept and I fasted, that was to my reproach.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.
In Context
9For the zeal of your house consumes me. The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.
11When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.
Cross References
Psalms 35:13But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth. I afflicted my soul with fasting. My prayer returned into my own bosom.
Psalms 109:24My knees are weak through fasting. My body is thin and lacks fat.
Psalms 119:139My zeal wears me out, because my enemies ignore your words.
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 →