Psalm 69:11

Translations

Modern

I made sackcloth my clothing, and I was sport to them.

Traditional

I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.

Literal

I made my clothing sackcloth, and I became to them as a byword.

Latin

Et posui vestimentum meum cilicium; et factus sum illis in parabolam.

Original

Hebrew

English

I made sackcloth my clothing, and I was sport to them.

Notes

Psalms 69:10–12

When the psalmist denies himself normal comforts to seek God in prayer, the wicked ridicule him.

Psalms 69:7–12

Mistreated and abandoned by family, friends, and community, the psalmist seeks comfort, relief (Psalm 69:13–18), and justice (69:22–28) from the Lord.

Psalms 69:1–36

In this personal lament, the poet shares his vulnerability, humiliation, and deep pain. He asks God to defend him for the sake of the righteous.

Psalms 69:1–72:20

These last four psalms of Book Two contrast with the earlier psalms that describe God’s mighty acts in creation and redemption, ending with God’s march to Zion (Psalms 65–68). Psalms 69–71 describe the king's suffering, and Psalm 72 responds with a prayer for God to bless the king.

Theme notes and profiles

David Psalms of Suffering

Related verses

Jeremiah 24:9
I will make them a horror and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a disgrace and an object of scorn, ridicule, and cursing wherever I have banished them.
1 Kings 9:7
…then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. Then Israel will become an object of scorn and ridicule among all peoples.
Job 17:6
He has made me a byword among the people, a man in whose face they spit.
Deuteronomy 28:37
You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you.
Psalm 35:13–14
Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.
Isaiah 22:12
On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.
Joel 1:8
Wail like a virgin dressed in sackcloth, grieving for the husband of her youth.
Isaiah 20:2
…the LORD had already spoken through Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go, remove the sackcloth from your waist and the sandals from your feet.” And Isaiah did so, walking around naked and barefoot.
Psalm 44:13–14
You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.
Joel 1:13
Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God, because the grain and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God.

Glossary

David Music Persecution Psalms, Book of Shoshannim, Shoshannim-Eduth

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities: Prayer In Jesus, the Christ: Messiah: Messianic Psalms Malice: General Scriptures Concerning Persecution of Jesus Sackcloth was Worn by Persons in Affliction

Psalm 69:11

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