Psalms 109:24
My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.
In Context
23I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
25I am become also a reproach unto them: when they see me, they shake their head.
Cross References
Psalms 22:14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
Psalms 35:13But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I afflicted my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.
Psalms 69:10When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.
Psalms 102:4My heart is smitten like grass, and withered; for I forget to eat my bread.
2 Corinthians 11:27in labour and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, 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 →