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When I wept and I fasted, That was to my reproach.
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Devotion Met with Scorn
Commentators explain that the psalmist's sincere acts of devotion, such as weeping and fasting to humble his soul before God, were twisted into a source of shame. His enemies mocked him for being overly religious, fanatical, or insincere. This highlights the painful reality that genuine piety can be misunderstood and ridiculed by a hostile world.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting - The words “and chastened” are not in the original. The literal translation would …
19th Century
Anglican
When I wept ... —The expression I wept (or lamented) my soul with fasting is hardly intelligible, thoug…
Baptist
That was a scandal to them.
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16th Century
Protestant
And I wept, my soul fasted. David here proves, by the signs or effects, that his efforts to promote the Divine glory proceeded from a pure…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
When I wept Because of the sins of his people imputed to him; the hardness and unbelief of the Jews that rejected hi…
We should frequently consider the person of the Sufferer spoken of here, and ask why, as well as what He suffered. By meditating on this, we may be…
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