King James Version
Psalms 109:24 in the King James Version says “My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 109 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.”
Psalms 109:24 · KJV
For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.
I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.
Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy:
KJV Study — Public Domain
“are weak”
H3782to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication, to falter, stumble, faint or fall
“and my flesh”
H1320flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man
“faileth”
H3584to be untrue, in word (to lie, feign, disown) or deed (to disappoint, fail, cringe)
“of fatness”
H8081grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness
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