Psalms 109:24

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 I am poor and needy. My heart is wounded deep down inside me.

23 I fade away like an evening shadow. I'm like a locust that someone brushes off.

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

25 Those who bring charges against me laugh at me. When they see me, they shake their heads at me.

26 LORD my God, help me. Save me because you love me.