Psalms 35:14
12 They repay me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul.
13 Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.
I paced about as for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning for his mother.
15 But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing.
16 Like godless jesters at a feast, they gnashed their teeth at me.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I paced about as for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning for his mother.
- KJV
- I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.
- WEB
- I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother. I bowed down mourning, as one who mourns his mother.
- ASV
- I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother: I bowed down mourning, as one that bewaileth his mother.
- DARBY
- I behaved myself as though [he had been] a friend, a brother to me; I bowed down in sadness, as one that mourneth [for] a mother.
- BLB
- As for a friend or brother to me—I went about as one mourning; in grief as for my mother, I bowed down.
- ÅB
- Jeg gikk omkring som om det var min venn, min bror;
jeg gikk nedbøyd i sørgeklær
som en som sørger over sin mor. - OTB
- Jeg gikk omkring som om det var min venn eller bror;
Jeg bøyde meg i sorg, som en som sørger over en mor. - B1930
- Jeg gikk omkring, som om det var min venn, min bror; jeg gikk nedbøiet i sørgeklær som en som sørger over sin mor.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
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As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it
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I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.
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