Psalms 35:13
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.
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 together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:
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- BSB
- Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth. I afflicted my soul with fasting. My prayer returned into my own bosom.
- ASV
- But 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.
- DARBY
- But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I chastened my soul with fasting, and my prayer returned into mine own bosom:
- BLB
- And I—in their sickness my clothing [is] sackcloth; I humbled my soul with fasting, and my prayer returned upon my bosom.
- ÅB
- Men jeg kledde meg i sørgeklær da de var syke;
jeg plaget sjelen min med faste,
og bønnen min vendte tilbake til brystet mitt[^1]. - OTB
- Men for meg, da de var syke, bar jeg sekkestrie;
Jeg ydmyket min sjel med faste,
Men min bønn forble ubesvart. - B1930
- Og jeg, jeg klædde mig i sørgeklær, da de var syke; jeg plaget min sjel med faste, og min bønn vendte tilbake til min barm. / < d.e. jeg bad med hodet bøid mot mitt bryst.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 69:10–11
When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.
Read in contextJob 30:25
Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?
Read in contextMatthew 5:44
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
Read in contextIsaiah 58:5
Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
Read in contextLeviticus 16:31
It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.
Read in contextMatthew 10:13
And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.
Read in contextLeviticus 16:29
And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you:
Read in contextIsaiah 58:3
Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.
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