Psalm 69:11

11 And I put on sackcloth for my covering; and I became a proverb to them.

Psalm 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.

Psalm 69:11 In-Context

9 For the zeal of thine house has eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

10 And I bowed down my soul with fasting, and that was made my reproach.

11 And I put on sackcloth for my covering; and I became a proverb to them.

12 They that sit in the gate talked against me, and they that drank wine sang against me.

13 But I will cry to thee, O Lord, in my prayer; O God, it is a propitious time: in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.