Psalms 69:11
I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.
Context
This verse from Psalms Chapter 69 connects to 10 cross-references. A lament of David depicting deep suffering — more waters than he can stand, a pit of mud, throat raw from crying. He has borne reproach for God's sake and is estranged from family. The famous verse 'Zeal for your …
Other Translations
When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword unto them.
And I make my clothing sackcloth, And I am to them for a simile.
When I put on the clothing of grief, they said evil of me.
Cross References
And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the Lord shall lead thee.
Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I …
He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
And in that day did the Lord God of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and …
At the same time spake the Lord by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from …
And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be …
Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers …
Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.