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Psalm 109:23-25
New English Translation
Psalm 109:23-25
New English Translation
23 I am fading away like a shadow at the end of the day;[a]
I am shaken off like a locust.
24 I am so starved my knees shake;[b]
I have turned into skin and bones.[c]
25 I am disdained by them.[d]
When they see me, they shake their heads.[e]
Footnotes
- Psalm 109:23 tn Heb “like a shadow when it is extended I go.” He is like a late afternoon shadow made by the descending sun that will soon be swallowed up by complete darkness. See Ps 102:11.
- Psalm 109:24 tn Heb “my knees stagger from fasting.”
- Psalm 109:24 tn Heb “and my flesh is lean away from fatness [i.e., “lean so as not to be fat”].”
- Psalm 109:25 tn Heb “as for me, I am a reproach to them.”
- Psalm 109:25 sn They shake their heads. Apparently shaking the head was a taunting gesture. See also Job 16:4; Ps 22:7; Lam 2:15.
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