Psalm 35:13

13 pues cuando ellos enfermabanyo me vestía de luto,me afligía y ayunaba.¡Ay, si pudiera retractarme de mis oraciones!

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 Se presentan testigos despiadadosy me preguntan cosas que yo ignoro.

12 Me devuelven mal por bien,y eso me hiere en el alma;

13 pues cuando ellos enfermabanyo me vestía de luto,me afligía y ayunaba.¡Ay, si pudiera retractarme de mis oraciones!

14 Me vestía yo de luto,como por un amigo o un hermano.Afligido, inclinaba la cabeza,como si llorara por mi madre.

15 Pero yo tropecé, y ellos se alegraron,y a una se juntaron contra mí.Gente extraña, que yo no conocía,me calumniaba sin cesar.