Psalms 109:24

24 My knees give way from fasting; my body is thin and gaunt.

Psalms 109:24 in Other Translations

24 My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.

24 My knees are weak through fasting; my body has become gaunt, with no fat.

24 My knees are weak from fasting, and I am skin and bones.

24 I'm weak from hunger and can hardly stand up, my body a rack of skin and bones.

24 My knees are weak from fasting, and my body is emaciated.

Psalms 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.

Psalms 109:24 In-Context

22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.

23 I fade away like an evening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.

24 My knees give way from fasting; my body is thin and gaunt.

25 I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.

26 Help me, LORD my God; save me according to your unfailing love.

Cross References

• 1. Hebrews 12:12
• 2. S Psalms 35:13
• 3. S Job 16:8