King James Version
What Does Psalms 109:24 Mean?
“My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.”
Context
22
For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
23
I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
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My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.
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I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.
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Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy:
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(24) **Faileth of fatness.**—Literally, *has failed me from fat, i.e., *has dwindled away.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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