Psalm 109:24 “My knees are weak from fasting, and my body grows lean and gaunt.”

Psalm 109:24

My knees are weak from fasting, and my body grows lean and gaunt.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.

World English Bible

My knees are weak through fasting. My body is thin and lacks fat.

American Standard Version

My knees are weak through fasting; And my flesh faileth of fatness.

Geneva Bible 1599

My knees are weake through fasting, and my flesh hath lost all fatnes.

Darby Translation

My knees are failing through fasting, and my flesh hath lost its fatness;

Young's Literal Translation

My knees have been feeble from fasting, And my flesh hath failed of fatness.

Bible in Basic English

My knees are feeble for need of food; there is no fat on my bones.

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Cross references

“knees”

Psalm 22:14 Matthew 4:2 Hebrews 12:12 Psalm 69:10 2 Corinthians 11:27 Psalm 35:13

Psalm 22:14 · BSB

I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.

Matthew 4:2 · BSB

After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry.

Hebrews 12:12 · BSB

Therefore strengthen your limp hands and weak knees.

Psalm 69:10 · BSB

I wept and fasted, but it brought me reproach.

2 Corinthians 11:27 · BSB

in labor and toil and often without sleep, in hunger and thirst and often without food, in cold and exposure.

Psalm 35:13 · BSB

Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.

“my flesh”

Psalm 38:5–8 Job 19:20 Psalm 32:3 Psalm 32:4 Psalm 102:4 Psalm 102:5

Psalm 38:5–8 · BSB

My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly.

Job 19:20 · BSB

My skin and flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.

Psalm 32:3 · BSB

When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.

Psalm 32:4 · BSB

For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat. Selah

Psalm 102:4 · BSB

My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread.

Psalm 102:5 · BSB

Through my loud groaning my skin hangs on my bones.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

23I am fading away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.

25I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.

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