“I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.”
My knees are weak through fasting; my body has become gaunt. The physical toll of suffering manifests in bodily weakness and emaciation ('knees weak,' 'body gaunt'). The mention of 'fasting' suggests spiritual discipline or distress-induced loss of appetite. This verse portrays the speaker's body as marked by suffering.
Church Fathers on Psalms 109:23
1. Every one who faithfully reads the Acts of the Apostles, acknowledges that this Psalm contains a prophecy of Christ; for it evidently appears that what is here written, “let his days be few, and let another take his office,” is prophesied of Judas, the betrayer of Christ....For as some things are said which seem peculiarly to apply to the Apostle Peter, and yet are not clear in their meaning, unless when referred to the Church, whom he is acknowledged to have figuratively…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
Publish a reflection on this verse
No reflections on this verse yet. Be the first to write one!