Psalms 69:10
And I weep in the fasting of my soul, And it is for a reproach to me.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.
In Context
9For zeal for Thy house hath consumed me, And the reproaches of Thy reproachers Have fallen upon me.
11And I make my clothing sackcloth, And I am to them for a simile.
Cross References
Psalms 35:13And I — in their sickness my clothing [is] sackcloth, I have humbled with fastings my soul, And my prayer unto my bosom returneth.
Psalms 109:24My knees have been feeble from fasting, And my flesh hath failed of fatness.
Psalms 119:139Cut me off hath my zeal, For mine adversaries forgot 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 →