Psalms 69:11

Psalms 69:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.
• New International Version (NIV)when I put on sackcloth, people make sport of me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I also made sackcloth my garment; I became a byword to them.

Context of Psalms 69:11

9For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproach thee are fallen upon me. 10When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach. When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a proverb unto them. 12They that sit in the gate talk of me; and I am the song of the drunkards. 13But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy, answer me in the truth of thy salvation.

Psalms 69:11 word by word

וָאֶתְּנָ֣ה לְבוּשִׁ֣י שָׂ֑ק וָאֱהִ֖י לָהֶ֣ם לְמָשָֽׁל׃Read the interlinear

• madeהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961

Cross-references for Psalms 69:11

• Psalms 35:13But 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.
• Isaiah 20:2at that time the LORD spake by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go, and loose sackcloth from off thy loins, and put thy shoe from off thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.
• Isaiah 22:12And in that day did the Lord, the LORD of hosts, call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
• Joel 1:8Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
• Psalms 44:13Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
• Deuteronomy 28:37And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples whither the LORD shall lead thee away.
• 1 Kings 9:7then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all peoples:
• Jeremiah 24:9I will even give them up to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth for evil; to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.

Commentaries on Psalms 69:11

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11I made sackcloth also my garment - I put on sackcloth. This was often done as expressive of grief and sorrow. See Psalm 30:11, note; Psalm 35:13, note. Compare Isaiah 22:12; Daniel 9:3. In the case here referred to, this was an act of religion; an expression of penitence and humiliation. And I became a proverb to them - A jest; a subject of derision; a by-word. They ridiculed me for it. Compare 1 Kings 9:7.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-12When the psalmist denies himself normal comforts to seek God in prayer, the wicked ridicule him.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-127-12. This plea contemplates his relation to God as a sufferer in His cause. Reproach, domestic estrangement (Mr 3:21; Joh 7:5), exhaustion in God's service (Joh 2:17), revilings and taunts of base men were the sufferings.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 69:11

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Jesus, the Christ
• Malice
• Persecution

In the dictionaries

• Comforter
• Gall
• Psalms
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• Sink
• Standing
• Intercession
• Proverb
• Psalms, Book of
• Song

Commentaries on Psalms 69

• 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
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings