Psalm 69:10 {68:11}
Good News Translation
I humble myself by fasting, and people insult me;

New Revised Standard Version
When I humbled my soul with fasting, they insulted me for doing so.

Contemporary English Version
I cried and went without food, but they still insulted me.

New American Bible
When I humbled my spirit with fasting, this led only to scorn.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I covered my soul in fasting: and it was made a reproach to me.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And I covered my soul in fasting: and it was made a reproach to me.

Psalm 102:8,9 All the day long my enemies reproached me: and they that praised me did swear against me. . . .

Psalm 109:24,25 My knees are weakened through fasting: and my flesh is changed for oil. . . .

Luke 7:33,34 For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine. And you say: He hath a devil. . . .

Context
The Waters Are Up to My Neck
9For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up: and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me. 10And I covered my soul in fasting: and it was made a reproach to me.11And I made haircloth my garment: and I became a byword to them.…
Cross References
Psalm 35:13
But as for me, when they were troublesome to me, I was clothed with haircloth. I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer shall be turned into my bosom.

Psalm 69:11
And I made haircloth my garment: and I became a byword to them.

Psalm 69:9
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