Psalms 109:24
My knees, tremble from fasting, and, my flesh, faileth of fatness:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.
In Context
23As a shadow when it stretcheth out, I am gone, I am shaken off like the locust;
25So, I, am become a reproach for them, They see me, they shake their head.
Cross References
Psalms 22:14Like water, am I poured out, and, put out of joint, are all my bones,—My heart, hath become, like wax, it is melted in the midst of my body;
Psalms 35:13But, as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth, I humbled, with fasting, my soul, though, my prayer, unto mine own bosom, might return:
Psalms 69:10When I have humbled my soul with fasting, Then hath it turned to my reproach;
Psalms 102:4Smitten like herbage, so is my heart dried up, For I have forgotten to eat my food.
2 Corinthians 11:27in toil and hardship, in watchings, oft, in hunger and thirst, in fasting, oft, in 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 →