Psalms 109:24

Psalms 109:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.
• New International Version (NIV)My knees give way from fasting; my body is thin and gaunt.
• English Standard Version (ESV)My knees are weak through fasting; my body has become gaunt, with no fat.
• New King James Version (NKJV)My knees are weak through fasting, And my flesh is feeble from lack of fatness.

Context of Psalms 109:24

22I am weak and helpless. My heart beats fast inside me. 23I will soon be gone, like a shadow that disappears in the evening. I am like an insect that the wind blows away. I am so hungry that my knees shake. I am so thin that my bones show. 25My enemies laugh at me! When they see me, they shake their heads at me. 26Lord my God, please help me! Please rescue me, because of your faithful love.

Psalms 109:24 word by word

בִּ֭רְכַּי כָּשְׁל֣וּ מִצּ֑וֹם וּ֝בְשָׂרִ֗י כָּחַ֥שׁ מִשָּֽׁמֶן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• My kneesבֶּ֫רֶךְberek · kneeH1290
• are weakכָּשַׁלkâshal · to stumbleH3782
• through fastingצוֹםtsôm tsôm · fastH6685
• and my fleshבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320
• failethכָּחַשׁkâchash · to deceiveH3584
• of fatnessשֶׁ֫מֶןshemen · oilH8081

Cross-references for Psalms 109:24

• Psalms 22:14My strength has gone, like water that is poured away. My bones do not join together properly. I feel weak inside and hope has disappeared.
• Psalms 35:13When they were ill, I wore rough clothes, and I stopped eating food. I bent down my head as I prayed for them.
• Psalms 69:10When I weep and I stop eating food, it causes people to insult me.
• Matthew 4:2Jesus did not eat anything for 40 days and 40 nights. At the end of this time, he was very hungry.
• 2 Corinthians 11:27I have worked very hard, and I have been in pain. Many times I have not slept. I have often been hungry and thirsty. Many times I have had no food. I have often been cold and without enough clothes.
• Hebrews 12:12So be strong as servants of God! If your hands feel weak, lift them up! If your knees are not strong, stand up straight!
• Psalms 32:3When I said nothing to God about my sin, my whole body became weak. I cried all the time because of the pain.
• Psalms 38:5My wounds make a bad smell, and they get worse. This is because I have done stupid things.
• Psalms 102:4I am very weak and upset, like dry grass that will soon die. I even forget to eat my food.
• Job 19:20My body is now only skin and bones. I still breathe but I am only just alive.

Commentaries on Psalms 109:24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24My knees are weak through fasting - That hunger is as soon felt in weakening the knees, as in producing an uneasy sensation in the stomach, is known by all who have ever felt it. Writers in all countries have referred to this effect of hunger. Thus Tryphioderus Il. Excid. ver 155: ̈́ ͅ . "Their knees might fail, by hunger's force subdued; And sink, unable to sustain their load." Merrick. So Plautus, Curcul, act. ii., scen. 3: - Tenebrae oboriuntur, genua…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24My knees are weak through fasting - Hunger; want of food. Strength to stand is connected with firmness in the knee-joints, and hence, weakness and feebleness are denoted by the giving way of the knees. Compare Hebrews 12:12. And my flesh faileth of fatness - I am lean and weak. There is not the proper supply for my strength. The idea seems to have been that fatness (Hebrew, oil) was necessary to strength.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-31Verses 21-31 The psalmist takes God's comforts to himself, but in a very humble manner. He was troubled in mind. His body was wasted, and almost worn away. But it is better to have leanness in the body, while the soul prospers and is in health, than to have leanness in the soul, while the body is feasted. He was ridiculed and reproached by his enemies. But if God bless us, we need not care who curses us; for how can they curse whom God has not cursed…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21-25Feeling vulnerable and miserable, the psalmist asks his Lord for help. The accusations have crushed his spirit and drained his physical strength.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 24-2524-25. Taunts and reproaches aggravate his afflicted and feeble state (Psa 22:6, 7).Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 109:24

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Fasting
• Prayer

In the dictionaries

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Commentaries on Psalms 109

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings