Psalms 35:14
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.
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:
16 With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
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
Luke 19:41–42
And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,
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Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:
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And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
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And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:
Read in contextPsalms 38:6
I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
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