Psalms 35:14

כְּרֵֽעַ ־ כְּאָח לִי הִתְהַלָּכְתִּי כַּאֲבֶל ־ אֵם קֹדֵר שַׁחֽוֹתִי ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.

In Context

13וַאֲנִי ׀ בַּחֲלוֹתָם לְבוּשִׁי שָׂק עִנֵּיתִי בַצּוֹם נַפְשִׁי וּתְפִלָּתִי עַל ־ חֵיקִי תָשֽׁוּב ׃

15וּבְצַלְעִי שָׂמְחוּ וְֽנֶאֱסָפוּ נֶאֶסְפוּ עָלַי נֵכִים וְלֹא יָדַעְתִּי קָֽרְעוּ וְלֹא ־ דָֽמּוּ ׃

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Cross References

2 Samuel 1:11וַיַּחֲזֵק דָּוִד בבגדו וַיִּקְרָעֵם וְגַם כָּל ־ הָאֲנָשִׁים אֲשֶׁר אִתּֽוֹ ׃

Psalms 38:6הִבְאִישׁוּ נָמַקּוּ חַבּוּרֹתָי מִפְּנֵי אִוַּלְתִּֽי ׃

Matthew Henry on Psalms 35:12-17

Prayer for Deliverance; Sorrowful Complaints. 11 False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not. 12 They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul. 13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom. 14 I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother. 15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves… Read the whole commentary →

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