Salmi 35:13

13 Eppure io, quand’eran malati, vestivo il cilicio, affliggevo l’anima mia col digiuno, e pregavo col capo curvo sul 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 Iniqui testimoni si levano; mi domandano cose delle quali non so nulla.

12 Mi rendono male per bene; derelitta è l’anima mia.

13 Eppure io, quand’eran malati, vestivo il cilicio, affliggevo l’anima mia col digiuno, e pregavo col capo curvo sul seno…

14 Camminavo triste come per la perdita d’un amico, d’un fratello, andavo chino, abbrunato, come uno che pianga sua madre.

15 Ma, quand’io vacillo, essi si rallegrano, s’adunano assieme; s’aduna contro di me gente abietta che io non conosco; mi lacerano senza posa.