Psalms 69:10
When I have humbled my soul with fasting, Then hath it turned to my reproach;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.
In Context
11When I have made my clothing of sackcloth, Then have I served them for a by-word;
Cross References
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 109:24My knees, tremble from fasting, and, my flesh, faileth of fatness:
Psalms 119:139My zeal, hath put an end to me, for mine adversaries have forgotten thy 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 →