God’s Word Translation
Psalms 109:24
24My knees give way because I have been fasting. My body has become lean, without any fat.
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 oppressed and needy. I can feel the pain in my heart. 23I fade away like a lengthening shadow. I have been shaken off like a grasshopper. My knees give way because I have been fasting. My body has become lean, without any fat. 25I have become the victim of my enemies’ insults. They look at me and shake their heads. 26Help me, O Lord my God. Save me because of your mercy.
Read all of Psalms 109Psalms 109:24 word by word
בִּ֭רְכַּי כָּשְׁל֣וּ מִצּ֑וֹם וּ֝בְשָׂרִ֗י כָּחַ֥שׁ מִשָּֽׁמֶן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 109:24
- Psalms 22:14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax. It has melted within me.
- Psalms 35:13But when they were sick, I wore sackcloth. I humbled myself with fasting. When my prayer returned unanswered,
- Psalms 69:10I cried and fasted, but I was insulted for it.
- Matthew 4:2Jesus did not eat anything for 40 days and 40 nights. At the end of that time, he was hungry.
- 2 Corinthians 11:27Because I’ve had to work so hard, I’ve often gone without sleep, been hungry and thirsty, and gone without food and without proper clothes during cold weather.
- Hebrews 12:12Strengthen your tired arms and weak knees.
- Psalms 32:3When I kept silent ⌞about my sins⌟, my bones began to weaken because of my groaning all day long.
- Psalms 38:5My wounds smell rotten. They fester because of my stupidity.
- Psalms 102:4My heart is beaten down and withered like grass because I have forgotten about eating.
- Job 19:20I am skin and bones, and I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.
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
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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
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