Psalms 35:14

35:14 I mourned for them as I would for a friend or my brother.

I bowed down in sorrow as if I were mourning for my mother.

Psalms 35:12

35:12 They repay me evil for the good I have done;

I am overwhelmed with sorrow.

Psalms 119:92

119:92 If I had not found encouragement in your law,

I would have died in my sorrow.


tn Heb “like a friend, like a brother to me I walked about.”

sn I bowed down. Bowing down was a posture for mourning. See Ps 38:6.

tn Heb “like mourning for a mother [in] sorrow I bowed down.”

tn Heb “they repay me evil instead of good.”

tn Heb “[there is] bereavement to my soul.”

tn Heb “if your law had not been my delight.”

tn Or “my suffering.”