13 But I, (A)when they were sick—
    I (B)wore sackcloth;
    I (C)afflicted myself with fasting;
I prayed (D)with head bowed[a] on my chest.
14     I went about as though I grieved for my friend or my brother;
as one who laments his mother,
    I (E)bowed down in mourning.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 35:13 Or my prayer shall turn back

13 Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth(A)
    and humbled myself with fasting.(B)
When my prayers returned to me unanswered,
14     I went about mourning(C)
    as though for my friend or brother.
I bowed my head in grief
    as though weeping for my mother.

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