Psalms

Psalm 35:13–14

¹³Yet when they were ill,

I put on sackcloth;

I humbled myself with fasting,

but my prayers returned unanswered.^b

¹⁴I paced about

as for my friend or brother;

I was bowed down with grief,

like one mourning for his mother.

Footnotes

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Yet	וַאֲנִ֤י׀	wa·’ă·nî	Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - first person common singular	H589 I
when they were ill	בַּחֲלוֹתָ֡ם	ba·ḥă·lō·w·ṯām	Preposition-b; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; third person masculine plural	H2470 be weak, sick
I put on	לְב֬וּשִׁי	lə·ḇū·šî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H3830 garment, clothing, raiment
sackcloth	שָׂ֗ק	śāq	Noun - masculine singular	H8242 sack, sackcloth
I humbled	עִנֵּ֣יתִי	‘in·nê·ṯî	Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular	H6031 be occupied, busied with
myself	נַפְשִׁ֑י	nap̄·šî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion
with fasting	בַצּ֣וֹם	ḇaṣ·ṣō·wm	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H6685 fasting, fast
but my prayers	וּ֝תְפִלָּתִ֗י	ū·ṯə·p̄il·lā·ṯî	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H8605 prayer
returned	תָשֽׁוּב׃	ṯā·šūḇ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular	H7725 turn back, return
unanswered	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I paced about	הִתְהַלָּ֑כְתִּי	hiṯ·hal·lā·ḵə·tî	Verb - Hitpael - Perfect - first person common singular	H1980 go, come, walk
as for my friend	כְּרֵֽעַ־	kə·rê·a‘-	Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular	H7453 shouting, roar
or brother	כְּאָ֣ח	kə·’āḥ	Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular	H251 brother
I was bowed down	שַׁחֽוֹתִי׃	ša·ḥō·w·ṯî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H7817 bow, be bowed down, crouch
with grief	קֹדֵ֥ר	qō·ḏêr	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H6937 be dark
like one mourning	כַּאֲבֶל־	ka·’ă·ḇel-	Preposition-k; Adjective - masculine singular construct	H57 mourning
mother	אֵ֝֗ם	’êm	Noun - feminine singular	H517 mother

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Psalm 35:13 Psalm 69:10–11 · Job 30:25 · Matthew 5:44 · Leviticus 16:31 · Isaiah 58:5 · Matthew 10:13 · 1 Kings 21:27–29 · Luke 10:6 · Romans 12:14–15 · Isaiah 58:3 · Leviticus 16:29

Psalm 35:14 Luke 19:41–42 · Genesis 24:67 · 2 Samuel 1:11–12

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.