Psalms 35:14
I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.
Psalms 35:14 in other translations
| BSB | I paced about as for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning for his mother. |
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| WEB | I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother. I bowed down mourning, as one who mourns his mother. |
| ASV | I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother: I bowed down mourning, as one that bewaileth his mother. |
| YLT | As if a friend, as if my brother, I walked habitually, As a mourner for a mother, Mourning I have bowed down. |
| DARBY | I behaved myself as though he had been a friend, a brother to me; I bowed down in sadness, as one that mourneth for a mother. |
| BBE | My behaviour was as if it had been my friend or my brother: I was bent low in grief like one whose mother is dead. |
| Webster | I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother. |
What does Psalms 35:14 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 35:12-14
12-14. Though they rendered evil for good, he showed a tender sympathy in their affliction. spoiling--literally, "bereavement." The usual modes of showing grief are made, as figures, to express his sorrow.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 35:11-16
Call a man ungrateful, and you can call him no worse: this was the character of David's enemies. Herein he was a type of Christ. David shows how tenderly he had behaved towards them in afflictions. We ought to mourn for the sins of those who do not mourn for themselves. We shall not lose by the good offices we do to any, how ungrateful soever they may be. Let us learn to possess our souls in patience and meekness…
Psalms 35:14 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 35:14
- Luke 19:41-42
And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
- 2 Samuel 1:11-12
Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him: And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the Lord, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.
- Genesis 24:67
And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
- 2 Samuel 1:17-27
And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son: (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.) The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen! Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph. …
- Psalms 38:6
I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
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Context
- Psalms 35:13
But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.
- Psalms 35:14
I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.
- Psalms 35:15
But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:
Psalms 35:14 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Como por mi compañero, como por mi hermano andaba; como el que trae luto por madre, enlutado me humillaba. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | J’ai marché comme si ç’avait été mon compagnon, mon frère; triste, je me suis courbé comme celui qui mène deuil pour sa mère. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Als wäre es mir ein Freund, ein Bruder gewesen, so bin ich einhergegangen; wie leidtragend um die Mutter habe ich mich trauernd niedergebeugt. |