Psalms 35:13

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

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.

Complete Jewish Bible:

But I, when they were ill, wore sackcloth; I put myself out and fasted; I can pray that what I prayed for them might also happen to me.

Berean Standard Bible:

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

American Standard Version:

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

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

But as for me, when they were sick{H2470}, my clothing{H3830} was sackcloth{H8242}: I humbled{H6031}{H8765)} my soul{H5315} with fasting{H6685}; and my prayer{H8605} returned{H7725}{H8799)} into mine own bosom{H2436}.

Cross-References (KJV):

Psalms 69:10

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

Psalms 69:11

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

Job 30:25

  • Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was [not] my soul grieved for the poor?

Matthew 10:13

  • And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.

Matthew 5:44

  • But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

Romans 12:14

  • Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.

Romans 12:15

  • Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.

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Commentary for Psalms 35:13

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H2470
    There are 73 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: חָלָה
    Transliteration: châlâh
    Pronunciation: khaw-law'
    Description: a primitive root (compare חוּל, חָלָה, חָלַל); properly, to be rubbed or worn; hence (figuratively) to be weak, sick, afflicted; or (causatively) to grieve, make sick; also to stroke (in flattering), entreat; beseech, (be) diseased, (put to) grief, be grieved, (be) grievous, infirmity, intreat, lay to, put to pain, [idiom] pray, make prayer, be (fall, make) sick, sore, be sorry, make suit ([idiom] supplication), woman in travail, be (become) weak, be wounded.
  2. Strong's Number: H3830
    There are 32 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: לְבוּשׁ
    Transliteration: lᵉbûwsh
    Pronunciation: leb-oosh'
    Description: or לְבֻשׁ; from לָבַשׁ; a garment (literally or figuratively); by implication (euphemistically) a wife; apparel, clothed with, clothing, garment, raiment, vestment, vesture.
  3. Strong's Number: H8242
    There are 46 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שַׂק
    Transliteration: saq
    Pronunciation: sak
    Description: from שָׁקַק; properly, a mesh (as allowing a liquid to run through), i.e. coarse loose cloth or sacking (used in mourning and for bagging); hence, a bag (for grain, etc.); sack(-cloth, -clothes).
  4. Strong's Number: H6031
    There are 80 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: עָנָה
    Transliteration: ʻânâh
    Pronunciation: aw-naw'
    Description: a primitive root (possibly rather identical with עָנָה through the idea of looking down or browbeating); to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows); abase self, afflict(-ion, self), answer (by mistake for עָנָה), chasten self, deal hardly with, defile, exercise, force, gentleness, humble (self), hurt, ravish, sing (by mistake for עָנָה), speak (by mistake for עָנָה), submit self, weaken, [idiom] in any wise.
  5. Strong's Number: H5315
    There are 683 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: נֶפֶשׁ
    Transliteration: nephesh
    Pronunciation: neh'-fesh
    Description: from נָפַשׁ; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental); any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, [phrase] slay, soul, [phrase] tablet, they, thing, ([idiom] she) will, [idiom] would have it.
  6. Strong's Number: H6685
    There are 22 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: צוֹם
    Transliteration: tsôwm
    Pronunciation: tsome
    Description: or צֹם; from צוּם; a fast; fast(-ing).
  7. Strong's Number: H8605
    There are 70 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: תְּפִלָּה
    Transliteration: tᵉphillâh
    Pronunciation: tef-il-law'
    Description: from פָּלַל; intercession, supplication; by implication, a hymn; prayer.
  8. Strong's Number: H7725
    There are 952 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שׁוּב
    Transliteration: shûwb
    Pronunciation: shoob
    Description: a primitive root; to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again; ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) [idiom] again, (cause to) answer ([phrase] again), [idiom] in any case (wise), [idiom] at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, [idiom] certainly, come again (back), [idiom] consider, [phrase] continually, convert, deliver (again), [phrase] deny, draw back, fetch home again, [idiom] fro, get (oneself) (back) again, [idiom] give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, [idiom] needs, be past, [idiom] pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, [phrase] say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, [idiom] surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.
  9. Strong's Number: H2436
    There are 34 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: חֵיק
    Transliteration: chêyq
    Pronunciation: khake
    Description: or חֵק; and חוֹק; from an unused root, apparently meaning to inclose; the bosom (literally or figuratively); bosom, bottom, lap, midst, within.