Psalm 109:24

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Summary

Psalm 109:24

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

Knees

My flesh

General references

Psalm 69:10

Bible References

Knees

I am poured out like water,
And all my bones are out of joint.
My heart is like wax;
It is melted [by anguish] within me.

But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth (mourning garment);
I humbled my soul with fasting,
And I prayed with my head bowed on my chest.

When I wept and humbled myself with fasting,
It became my reproach.

After He had gone without food for forty days and forty nights, He became hungry.

in labor and hardship, often unable to sleep, in hunger and thirst, often [driven to] fasting [for lack of food], in cold and exposure [without adequate clothing].

So then, strengthen hands that are weak and knees that tremble.

My flesh

When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away
Through my groaning all the day long.

My wounds are loathsome and foul
Because of my foolishness.

My heart has been struck like grass and withered,
Indeed, [absorbed by my heartache] I forget to eat my food.

“My bone clings to my skin and to my flesh,
And I have escaped [death] by the skin of my teeth.

General references

When I wept and humbled myself with fasting,
It became my reproach.