Salmi 35:13

13 E pure io, quando essi erano infermi, mi vestiva d’un cilicio. Ed affliggeva l’anima mia col digiuno, E la mia orazione mi ritornava in seno.

Salmi 35:13 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 35:13

But as for me, when they were sick
Or under any disorder or distress of body or mind, when any misfortune or infirmity attended them; meaning Saul and his courtiers, before David was persecuted by them;

my clothing [was] sackcloth;
that is, he was grieved, and mourned for them, it being usual to put on sackcloth in time of mourning; see ( Genesis 37:34 ) ;

I humbled my soul with fasting;
on the account of them, giving up himself to prayer for them, as follows:

and my prayer returned into mine own bosom;
that is, he prayed privately and heartily for them, as for himself; he was constant in it, his heart was in it, and he took delight in it, and he was heard and answered; unless the sense should be, that his prayer was slighted by them, and so returned back to himself, as a present despised is returned; but however it was not without its effect, the good for which he prayed for them was returned by the Lord unto him.

Salmi 35:13 In-Context

11 Falsi testimoni si levano; Mi domandano cose, delle quali non so nulla.

12 Mi rendono male per bene; Rendono sconforto all’anima mia.

13 E pure io, quando essi erano infermi, mi vestiva d’un cilicio. Ed affliggeva l’anima mia col digiuno, E la mia orazione mi ritornava in seno.

14 Io andava attorno, come se fosse stato per un mio amico, ovver fratello; Io andava chino, e vestito a bruno, Come uno che faccia cordoglio di sua madre.

15 Ma quando io son zoppicato, essi se ne son rallegrati, E si sono adunati insieme; Gente da nulla si è adunata contro a me, senza che io lo sapessi; Mi hanno lacerato, senza mai restare;