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Psalms 35:14

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

KJV

I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother: I bowed down mourning, as one that bewaileth his mother.

ASV

כְּ/רֵֽעַ כְּ/אָ֣ח לִ֭/י הִתְהַלָּ֑כְתִּי כַּ/אֲבֶל אֵ֝֗ם קֹדֵ֥ר שַׁחֽוֹתִי

Hebrew

As if a friend, as if my brother, I walked habitually, As a mourner for a mother, Mourning I have bowed down.

YLT

I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother. I bowed down mourning, as one who mourns his mother.

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אָבֵ֖ל
'bl
adjective · 8×
הוֹלֵ֣ךְ
hvlk
verb · 507×
הוּ
hv
noun · 186×
ו
v
noun · 629×
וֹ
v
noun · 220×
יִּשַּׁ֥ח
yshch
verb · 20×
קֹדֵ֥ר
qdr
verb · 16×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Luke 19:41 — And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,
  • Ps 38:6 — I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
  • Ps 42:5 — Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.