Psalms 35:14

As [if] a friend, as [if] my brother, I walked habitually, As a mourner for a mother, Mourning I have bowed down.

Young's Literal Translation

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

13And I — in their sickness my clothing [is] sackcloth, I have humbled with fastings my soul, And my prayer unto my bosom returneth.

15And — in my halting they have rejoiced, And have been gathered together, Gathered against me were the smiters, And I have not known, They have rent, and they have not ceased;

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Cross References

2 Samuel 1:11And David taketh hold on his garments, and rendeth them, and also all the men who [are] with him,

Psalms 38:6I have been bent down, I have been bowed down — unto excess, All the day I have gone mourning.

Acts 16:28and Paul cried out with a loud voice, saying, 'Thou mayest not do thyself any harm, for we are all here.'

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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