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Psalms 69:10

When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 69:11.

וָאֶבְכֶּ֣הvaevkehand weepבָּכָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and weep”, the next action in the storyH1058to weep; generally to bemoan[idiom] at all, bewail, complain, make lamentation, [idiom] more, mourn, [idiom] sore, [idiom] with tears, weep.בַצּ֣וֹםvatsomin fastצוֹםpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in fast”, the ordinary formH6685a fastfast(-ing).נַפְשִׁ֑יnafshicreatureנֶפֶשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…וַתְּהִ֖יvathiand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and be”, the next action in the storyH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.לַחֲרָפ֣וֹתlacharafotto rebukeחֶרְפָּהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “to rebuke”, the ordinary formH2781contumely, disgrace, the pudendarebuke, reproach(-fully), shame.לִֽיlitoלִֽיpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “to”to

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(69-11) And I wept with my soul fasting, and that became unto me a reproach.

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American Standard Version (1901)

When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, That was to my reproach.

Young’s Literal Translation

And I weep in the fasting of my soul, And it is for a reproach to me.

World English Bible

When I wept and I fasted, that was to my reproach.

Darby Translation

And I wept, my soul was fasting: that also was to my reproach; —

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(69-11) And I wept with my soul fasting, and that became unto me a reproach.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And I bowed down my soul with fasting, and that was made my reproach.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ συνέκαμψα ἐν νηστείᾳ τὴν ψυχήν μου, καὶ ἐγενήθη εἰς ὀνειδισμοὺς ἐμοί.