KJV King James Version
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.
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Psalm 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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.
WEB World English Bible
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 American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And I—in their sickness my clothing is sackcloth, I have humbled with fastings my soul, And my prayer unto my bosom returneth.
Surrounding context — Psalm 35
10 All my bones shall say, LORD, who [is] like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?
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.
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.
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:
16 With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
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וַאֲנִ֤י׀H589 · a.niIבַּחֲלוֹתָ֡םH2470 · cha.lahbe weak: weakלְב֬וּשִׁיH3830 · le.vushclothingשָׂ֗קH8242 · saqsackclothעִנֵּ֣יתִיH6031 · a.nahbe occupiedבַצּ֣וֹםH6685 · tsomfastנַפְשִׁ֑יH5315 · ne.pheshsoulוּ֝תְפִלָּתִ֗יH8605 · te.phil.lahprayerעַל־H5921 · aluponחֵיקִ֥יH2436 · cheqbosom: embraceתָשֽׁוּב׃H7725 · shuvto return: return
Cross-references
Psalm 69:10-11When I wept, [and chastened] my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.Job 30:25Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was [not] my soul grieved for the poor?Matthew 5:44But 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;Leviticus 16:31It [shall be] a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.Matthew 10:13And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.Isaiah 58:5Is 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?Luke 10:6And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again.Romans 12:14-15Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.Leviticus 16:29And [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:1 Kings 21:27-29And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.Isaiah 58:3Wherefore 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.Matthew 9:14-15Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?
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