Psalm 35:13

13 Sin embargo, cuando ellos se enfermaban, yo me entristecía;
me afligía a mí mismo ayunando por ellos,
pero mis oraciones no tenían respuesta.

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 Testigos maliciosos testifican en mi contra
y me acusan de crímenes que desconozco por completo.

12 Me pagan mal por bien
y estoy enfermo de desesperación.

13 Sin embargo, cuando ellos se enfermaban, yo me entristecía;
me afligía a mí mismo ayunando por ellos,
pero mis oraciones no tenían respuesta.

14 Estaba triste como si fueran mis amigos o mi familia,
como si me lamentara por mi propia madre.

15 Pero ahora que yo estoy en dificultades, ellos se ponen contentos;
con aires de triunfo se unen en mi contra.
Me ataca gente que ni siquiera conozco;
me calumnian sin cesar.