I mourned for them as I would for a friend or my brother. ¹  I bowed down ²  in sorrow as if I were mourning for my mother. ³ 

biblegateway Psa 35:14

I went about as though it were my friend or brother; I bowed down mourning, as one who sorrows for a mother.

I went about grieving as if for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning a mother.

I walked around as if I were mourning for my friend or my brother. I was bent over as if I were mourning for my mother.

biblegateway Psa 35:14

I went about mourning as though for my friend or brother. I bowed my head in grief as though weeping for my mother.

I went about as though I grieved for my friend or my brother; as one who laments his mother, I bowed down in mourning.

bibleoremus Psa 35:14

as though I grieved for a friend or a brother; I went about as one who laments for a mother, bowed down and in mourning.

I walked with head bowed in grief as if for a brother; as one in sorrow for his mother I lay prostrate in mourning.

biblegateway Psa 35:14

I paced about as though he were my friend or brother; I bowed down heavily, as one who mourns for his mother.

I behaved myself as though [he had been] my friend [or] brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth [for his] mother.

biblegateway Psa 35:14

I mourned for them as I would for a friend or my brother. ¹  I bowed down ²  in sorrow as if I were mourning for my mother. ³ 

¹ tn Heb “like a friend, like a brother to me I walked about.”

² sn I bowed down. Bowing down was a posture for mourning. See Ps 38:6.

³ tn Heb “like mourning for a mother [in] sorrow I bowed down.”