Mazmur 69:10

69:10 I weep and refrain from eating food, ¹ 

which causes others to insult me. ² 

Yohanes 2:17

2:17 His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal ³  for your house will devour me.” ⁴ 

[69:10]  ¹ sn Fasting was a practice of mourners. By refraining from normal activities such as eating food, the mourner demonstrated the sincerity of his sorrow.

[69:10]  ² tn Heb “and it becomes insults to me.”

[2:17]  ³ tn Or “Fervent devotion to your house.”

[2:17]  ⁴ sn A quotation from Ps 69:9.