Psalms 69:11 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 69:11

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

KJV

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ASV

When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword unto them.

WEB

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

YLT

And I make my clothing sackcloth, And I am to them for a simile.

DBT

And I made sackcloth my garment: then I became a proverb to them.

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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13 verses on the floor

1 Kings 9:7
Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:
Job 17:6
He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
Jeremiah 24:9
And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.
Deuteronomy 28:37
And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the Lord shall lead thee.
Job 30:9
And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.

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They laughed at him as a fool for mortifying himself thus; and even for this he became a proverb to them; they made him the common subject of their banter. We must not think it strange if we be ill spoken of for that which is well done, and in which we have reason to hope that we are accepted of God. Our Lord Jesus was stoned for his good works ( John x.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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H383033× in canon H491239× in canon H824249× in canon

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

PSA 69:11DEU 28:37 JER 24:9
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 69:111KI 9:7 PSA 44:14
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 69:11JER 24:9 DEU 28:37
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 69:11DEU 28:37 JER 25:9
PSA 69:11DEU 28:37 1KI 9:7-8
PSA 69:11ISA 22:12 MIC 1:16
PSA 69:11JER 24:9 JER 29:18
PSA 69:11ISA 22:12 JOE 1:13

The whole web at once: see the Arc.

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