Psalm 69:10 “I wept and fasted, but it brought me reproach.”

Psalm 69:10

I wept and fasted, but it brought me reproach.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.

World English Bible

When I wept and I fasted, that was to my reproach.

American Standard Version

When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, That was to my reproach.

Geneva Bible 1599

I wept and my soule fasted, but that was to my reproofe.

Darby Translation

And I wept, my soul was fasting: that also was to my reproach; —

Young's Literal Translation

And I weep in the fasting of my soul, And it is for a reproach to me.

Bible in Basic English

My bitter weeping, and my going without food, were turned to my shame.

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Cross references

“When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.”

Psalm 102:8 Psalm 102:9 Psalm 109:24 Psalm 109:25 Luke 7:33 Luke 7:34

Psalm 102:8 · BSB

All day long my enemies taunt me; they ridicule me and curse me.

Psalm 102:9 · BSB

For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears

Psalm 109:24 · BSB

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

Psalm 109:25 · BSB

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

Luke 7:33 · BSB

For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon!’

Luke 7:34 · BSB

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’

Also

Psalm 35:13

Psalm 35:13 · BSB

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

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

In context

9because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.

11I made sackcloth my clothing, and I was sport to them.

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