Salmos 35:13

13 Mas, quanto a mim, estando eles enfermos, vestia-me de cilício, humilhava-me com o jejum, e orava de cabeça sobre o peito.

Salmos 35:13 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 35:13

But as for me, when they were sick
Or under any disorder or distress of body or mind, when any misfortune or infirmity attended them; meaning Saul and his courtiers, before David was persecuted by them;

my clothing [was] sackcloth;
that is, he was grieved, and mourned for them, it being usual to put on sackcloth in time of mourning; see ( Genesis 37:34 ) ;

I humbled my soul with fasting;
on the account of them, giving up himself to prayer for them, as follows:

and my prayer returned into mine own bosom;
that is, he prayed privately and heartily for them, as for himself; he was constant in it, his heart was in it, and he took delight in it, and he was heard and answered; unless the sense should be, that his prayer was slighted by them, and so returned back to himself, as a present despised is returned; but however it was not without its effect, the good for which he prayed for them was returned by the Lord unto him.

Salmos 35:13 In-Context

11 Levantam-se testemunhas maliciosas; interrogam-me sobre coisas que eu ignoro.

12 Tornam-me o mal pelo bem, causando-me luto na alma.

13 Mas, quanto a mim, estando eles enfermos, vestia-me de cilício, humilhava-me com o jejum, e orava de cabeça sobre o peito.

14 Portava-me como o faria por meu amigo ou meu irmão; eu andava encurvado e lamentando-me, como quem chora por sua mãe.

15 Mas, quando eu tropeçava, eles se alegravam e se congregavam; congregavam-se contra mim, homens miseráveis que eu não conhecia; difamavam-me sem cessar.