“When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.”
The reference to weeping and fasting becoming the psalmist's reproach indicates that even acts of piety and spiritual discipline become occasions for mockery. The enemies use the psalmist's own devotion against them, deriding the external expressions of faith. This verse articulates that persecution is comprehensive: even the psalmist's spiritual practices are targets of mockery.
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