Psalms 109:24

24 My knees {buckle} from fasting, and my body grows lean without fat.

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 for I [am] poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.

23 Like a lengthening shadow I am passing away; I am shaken off like a locust.

24 My knees {buckle} from fasting, and my body grows lean without fat.

25 And [so] I am a disgrace to them; [when] they see me, they shake their heads.

26 Help me, O Yahweh my God; save me according to your loyal love,

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "stumble"