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 through fasting; And my flesh faileth of fatness.

24 My knees give way because I have been fasting. My body has become lean, without any fat.

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

24 My knees are weak because I've gone without food. My body is very thin.

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