Psalms 109:24

24 My legs are weak from fasting; my body is skin and bones.

Psalms 109:24 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 109:24

My knees are weak through fasting
. Either voluntary or forced, through want of food or refreshment; this was verified in Christ, when he kneeled and prayed, and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling to the ground; see ( Psalms 69:10 ) .

And my flesh faileth of fatness;
or "for want of oil" ^F11; the radical moisture of his flesh being dried up like a potsherd, ( Psalms 22:15 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F11 (Nmvm) (di' elaion) , Sept. "propter oleum", V. L. "propter defectum olei", Eth. Arab.

Psalms 109:24 In-Context

22 because I am poor and needy, and my heart is broken.

23 Like a lengthening shadow, I'm passing away; I'm shaken off, like some locust.

24 My legs are weak from fasting; my body is skin and bones.

25 I've become a joke to my accusers; when they see me, they just shake their heads.

26 Help me, LORD my God! Save me according to your faithful love!