Psalm 69:11

11 when I put on sackcloth, people make sport of me.

Psalm 69:11 in Other Translations

11 I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.

11 When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.

11 When I dress in burlap to show sorrow, they make fun of me.

11 When I put on a sad face, They treated me like a clown.

11 When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword unto them.

11 I dressed myself in sackcloth, but I became the object of ridicule.

11 I wore sackcloth as my clothing, and I was a joke to them.

11 When I put on black clothes to show how sad I am, people make jokes about me.

Psalm 69:11 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 69:11

I made sackcloth also my garment
Though we nowhere read that Jesus put on sackcloth upon any occasion, yet it is not improbable that he did; besides, the phrase may only intend that he mourned and sorrowed at certain times, as persons do when they put on sackcloth: moreover, as the common garb of his forerunner was raiment of camels' hair, with a leathern girdle; so it is very likely his own was very mean, suitable to his condition; who, though he was rich, for our sakes became poor;

and I became a proverb to them;
a byword; so that when they saw any person in sackcloth, or in vile raiment, behold such an one looks like Jesus of Nazareth.

Psalm 69:11 In-Context

9 for zeal for your house consumes me, and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.

10 When I weep and fast, I must endure scorn;

11 when I put on sackcloth, people make sport of me.

12 Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of the drunkards.

13 But I pray to you, LORD, in the time of your favor; in your great love, O God, answer me with your sure salvation.

Cross References

• 1. S 2 Samuel 3:31; S Psalms 35:13