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Psalms 109:24 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Psalms 109:24Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 109:246 words
HebrewMeaning
בִּ֭רְכַּ/יbirəkay
knees mynounH1290
כָּשְׁל֣וּkāšəlw
they have staggeredverbH3782
cast down · be decayed · fail · (cause ···
מִ/צּ֑וֹםmiṣwōm
from fastingpronH6685
וּ֝/בְשָׂרִ֗/יwbəśāriy
and flesh myconjH1320
(fat · lean) flesh · kin · kind ···
כָּחַ֥שׁkāḥaš
it has become leanverbH3584
deny · dissemble · fail · deal falsely ···
מִ/שָּֽׁמֶןmišāmen
from fatnesspronH8081
fat · fruitful · oil · ointment ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 109:24

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…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 109 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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