Tehillim 109:24

24 My knees are weak from a tzom; and my basar faileth of fatness.

Tehillim 109:24 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 109:24

My knees are weak through fasting
. Either voluntary or forced, through want of food or refreshment; this was verified in Christ, when he kneeled and prayed, and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling to the ground; see ( Psalms 69:10 ) .

And my flesh faileth of fatness;
or "for want of oil" ^F11; the radical moisture of his flesh being dried up like a potsherd, ( Psalms 22:15 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F11 (Nmvm) (di' elaion) , Sept. "propter oleum", V. L. "propter defectum olei", Eth. Arab.

Tehillim 109:24 In-Context

22 For I am oni and evyon, and my lev is wounded within me.

23 I am gone like a lengthening tzel (shadow); I am shaken off like the arbeh.

24 My knees are weak from a tzom; and my basar faileth of fatness.

25 I became also a cherpah (reproach) unto them; when they looked upon me, they shaked their heads.

26 Help me, O Hashem Elohai; O hoshi’eini (save me) according to Thy chesed;