Psalms 69:11
And I make my clothing sackcloth, And I am to them for a simile.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.
In Context
10And I weep in the fasting of my soul, And it is for a reproach to me.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:37and thou hast been for an astonishment, for a simile, and for a byword among all the peoples whither Jehovah doth lead thee.
Job 17:6And he set me up for a proverb of the peoples, And a wonder before them I am.
Psalms 44:13Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, A scorn and a reproach to our surrounders.
Isaiah 20:2at that time spake Jehovah by the hand of Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, 'Go, and thou hast loosed the sackcloth from off thy loins, and thy sandal thou dost draw from off thy foot,' and he doth so, going naked and barefoot.
Jeremiah 24:9And I have given them for a trembling, For evil — to all kingdoms of the earth, For a reproach, and for a simile, For a byword, and for a reviling, In all the places whither I drive them.
Joel 1:13Gird, and lament, ye priests, Howl, ye ministrants of the altar, Come in, lodge in sackcloth, ministrants of my God, For withheld from the house of your God hath been present and libation.
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 →