Psalms 35:13
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.
Context
This verse from Psalms Chapter 35 connects to 10 cross-references. A lament of David appealing to God to take up his cause as warrior and judge against those who pursue him without cause. He describes their malicious slander and false accusations from people he had helped in their illness. The …
Other Translations
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.
And I--in their sickness my clothing <FI>is<Fi> sackcloth, I have humbled with fastings my soul, And my prayer unto my bosom returneth.
But as for me, when they were ill I put on the clothing of sorrow: I went without food and was sad, and my prayer came back again to my heart.
Cross References
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Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?
I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.
When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.