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Psalm 109:24-26
New English Translation
Psalm 109:24-26
New English Translation
24 I am so starved my knees shake;[a]
I have turned into skin and bones.[b]
25 I am disdained by them.[c]
When they see me, they shake their heads.[d]
26 Help me, O Lord my God.
Because you are faithful to me, deliver me.[e]
Footnotes
- Psalm 109:24 tn Heb “my knees stagger from fasting.”
- Psalm 109:24 tn Heb “and my flesh is lean away from fatness [i.e., “lean so as not to be fat”].”
- Psalm 109:25 tn Heb “as for me, I am a reproach to them.”
- Psalm 109:25 sn They shake their heads. Apparently shaking the head was a taunting gesture. See also Job 16:4; Ps 22:7; Lam 2:15.
- Psalm 109:26 tn Heb “deliver me according to your faithfulness.”
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