Psalms 69:11

11 When I made ¹sackcloth my clothing, I became ²a byword to them.

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 For zeal for Your house has consumed me, And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.

10 When I wept in my soul with fasting, It became my reproach.

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

12 Those who sit in the gate talk about me, And I am the song of the drunkards .

13 But as for me, my prayer is to You, O LORD , at an acceptable time; O God, in the greatness of Your lovingkindness, Answer me with Your saving truth.

Cross References

• 1. 1 Kings 20:31; Psalms 35:13
• 2. 1 Kings 9:7; Job 17:6; Psalms 44:14; Jeremiah 24:9