Psalms 69:11

11 When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became for them a byword.

Psalms 69:11 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 69:11

I made sackcloth also my garment
Though we nowhere read that Jesus put on sackcloth upon any occasion, yet it is not improbable that he did; besides, the phrase may only intend that he mourned and sorrowed at certain times, as persons do when they put on sackcloth: moreover, as the common garb of his forerunner was raiment of camels' hair, with a leathern girdle; so it is very likely his own was very mean, suitable to his condition; who, though he was rich, for our sakes became poor;

and I became a proverb to them;
a byword; so that when they saw any person in sackcloth, or in vile raiment, behold such an one looks like Jesus of Nazareth.

Psalms 69:11 In-Context

9 because the zeal for your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those reproaching you have fallen on me.

10 When I wept in the fasting of my soul, it became reproaches for me.

11 When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became for them a byword.

12 Those sitting at [the] gate talk about me [as] also [the] songs of [the] drunkards.

13 But as for me, my prayer [is] to you, O Yahweh, for a favorable time, O God, according to the abundance of your loyal love. Answer me with the faithfulness of your salvation.