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Psalms 35:13

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

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 35:13 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Psalms 35:13

Theological / Devotional

Sackcloth. The garb of mourners.

I humbled my soul. The psalmist mourned, prayed, and fasted for those who were now his enemies. His friendly behavior in the past is now repaid by their hostility.

My prayer returned into mine own bosom. Rather, “my prayer—may it [or, it shall] return into my own bosom!” The psalmist asks that his prayer for his enemies be granted him, in proof of the sincerity of his attitude toward them.

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