Psalm 35:13

World English Bible

But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth.
I afflicted my soul with fasting.
My prayer returned into my own bosom.

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Psalm 35:13 in other translations

But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I afflicted my soul with fasting; And my prayer returned into mine own bosom.

Psalm 35:13 · American Standard Version

Psalm 35:13 in context

  1. 11Unrighteous witnesses rise up.
    They ask me about things that I don’t know about.
  2. 12They reward me evil for good,
    to the bereaving of my soul.
  3. 13But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth.
    I afflicted my soul with fasting.
    My prayer returned into my own bosom.
  4. 14I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother.
    I bowed down mourning, as one who mourns his mother.
  5. 15But in my adversity, they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together.
    The attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I didn’t know it.
    They tore at me, and didn’t cease.

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