Psalm 35:13

13 Zhìyú wǒ , dāng tāmen yǒu bìng de shíhou , wǒ biàn chuān má yì , jìnshí kè kǔ jǐ xīn . wǒ suǒ qiú de dōu guī dào zìjǐ de huái zhōng .

Psalm 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.

Psalm 35:13 In-Context

11 Xiōngè de jiànzhèng rén qǐlai , pánwèn wǒ suǒ bù zhīdào de shì .

12 Tāmen xiàng wǒ yǐ è bào shàn , shǐ wǒde línghún gū kǔ .

13 Zhìyú wǒ , dāng tāmen yǒu bìng de shíhou , wǒ biàn chuān má yì , jìnshí kè kǔ jǐ xīn . wǒ suǒ qiú de dōu guī dào zìjǐ de huái zhōng .

14 Wǒ zhèyàng xíng , hǎoxiàng tā shì wǒde péngyou , wǒde dìxiōng . wǒ qū shēn bēiāi , rútóng rén wèi mǔqin āitòng .

15 Wǒ zaì huànnàn zhōng , tāmen què huānxǐ , dàjiā jùjí . wǒ suǒ bù rènshi de nàxiē xià liú rén , jùjí gōngjī wǒ . tāmen bù zhù de bǎ wǒ sī liĕ .