Mazmur 69:10

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

which causes others to insult me. ² 

Mazmur 119:139

119:139 My zeal ³  consumes ⁴  me,

for my enemies forget your instructions. ⁵ 

[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.”

[119:139]  ³ tn or “zeal.”

[119:139]  ⁴ tn Heb “destroys,” in a hyperbolic sense.

[119:139]  ⁵ tn Heb “your words.”