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Psalms 69:11 · KJV

“I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.”

— Psalms 69:11

Verse 10

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

Verse 12

They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I {was} the song of the drunkards. {drunkards: Heb. drinkers of strong drink}

Psalms 69 — Context

9

For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

10

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

11

I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.

12

They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I {was} the song of the drunkards. {drunkards: Heb. drinkers of strong drink}

13

But as for me, my prayer {is} unto thee, O LORD, {in} an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.

Cross References

Jeremiah 24:9

And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for {their} hurt, {to be} a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them. {to be removed: Heb. for removing, or, vexation}

1 Kings 9:7

Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:

Job 17:6

He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret. {aforetime: or, before them}

Deuteronomy 28:37

And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.

Psalms 35:13-14

But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing {was} sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom. {humbled: or, afflicted}

Joel 1:8

Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.

Isaiah 20:2

At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot. {by: Heb. by the hand of}

Isaiah 22:12

And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:

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