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Psalms 69:10-12

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69:10 I weep and refrain from eating food, 1 

which causes others to insult me. 2 

69:11 I wear sackcloth

and they ridicule me. 3 

69:12 Those who sit at the city gate gossip about me;

drunkards mock me in their songs. 4 

1 sn Fasting was a practice of mourners. By refraining from normal activities such as eating food, the mourner demonstrated the sincerity of his sorrow.

2 tn Heb “and it becomes insults to me.”

3 tn Heb “and I am an object of ridicule to them.”

4 tn Heb “the mocking songs of the drinkers of beer.”



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