Psalms 69:11

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Contextual Overview

¹For the choirmaster. To the tune of "Lilies." Of David. Save me, O God, for the waters are up to my neck. ²I have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me. ³I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God. ⁴Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me-my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay. ⁵You know my folly, O God, and my guilt is not hidden from You. ⁶May those who hope in You not be ashamed through me, O Lord GOD of Hosts; may those who seek You not be dishonored through me, O God of Israel. ⁷For I have endured scorn for Your sake, and shame has covered my face. ⁸I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother's sons, ⁹because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me. ¹⁰I wept and fasted, but it brought me reproach.

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I made: Psalms 35:13, Psalms 35:14, Isaiah 20:2, Isaiah 22:12, Joel 1:8, Joel 1:13

I became: Psalms 44:13, Psalms 44:14, Deuteronomy 28:37, 1 Kings 9:7, Jeremiah 24:9

Reciprocal: Genesis 37:34 - General Leviticus 23:32 - afflict Lamentations 3:14 - General Daniel 9:3 - with

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I made sackcloth also my garment - I put on sackcloth. This was often done as expressive of grief and sorrow. See Psalms 30:11, note; Psalms 35:13, note. Compare Isaiah 22:12; Daniel 9:3. In the case here referred to, this was an act of religion; an expression of penitence and humiliation.

And I became a proverb to them - A jest; a subject of derision; a by-word. They ridiculed me for it. Compare 1 Kings 9:7.