24 My knees are weak through fasting, and my flesh [a]hath lost all fatness.

25 I became also a rebuke unto them: they that looked upon me, shaked their heads.

26 Help me, O Lord my God: [b]save me according to thy mercy.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 109:24 For hunger, that came of sorrow, he was lean, and his natural moisture failed him.
  2. Psalm 109:26 The more grievously Satan assailed him, the more earnest and instant was he in prayer.

24 My knees give(A) way from fasting;(B)
    my body is thin and gaunt.(C)
25 I am an object of scorn(D) to my accusers;
    when they see me, they shake their heads.(E)

26 Help me,(F) Lord my God;
    save me according to your unfailing love.

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