The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 109:24

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

My knees are weak through fasting. I have brought myself down to extreme weakness by penitential fasting for my sins (comp. Psalms 35:13; Psalms 69:10). And my flesh faileth of fatness; literally, of oil.

In my state of mourning and penitence I have abstained from anointing myself (2 Samuel 14:2), which has still further weakened me.

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