“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.”
The psalmist acknowledges that when the enemies were ill, he wore sackcloth and humbled himself with fasting, yet his prayer returned to his own breast. The verse reveals that the psalmist responded to the enemies' suffering with acts of penitence and intercession, treating their affliction as occasion for prayer. The phrase 'my prayer returned to my own breast' suggests that the psalmist's intercession on behalf of the enemies was not reciprocated: his prayers went unanswered, or worse, his kindness was spurned. This verse demonstrates the psalmist's attempt at reconciliation and compassion, which met with rejection.
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