“May this be the reward of my accusers
From Yahweh.
This is the reward for those who speak evil against my life!
O God!
Yahweh!
You act on my behalf for your name’s sake!
Because your steadfast love is good,
Deliver me!
I am poor and needy.
My heart is pierced within me.
I am gone,
Like a shadow at evening.
I am shaken off like a locust.
My knees are weak through fasting.
My body has become gaunt.
I am an object of scorn to my accusers.
When they see me,
They shake their heads.”
Now David turns to Yahweh to be saved from these evil people who were talking about him. He wanted Yahweh to act on his behalf for his name’s sake. He relied on the steadfast love of Yahweh to deliver him from this terrible situation. David admitted that he was poor and needy. His heart was pierced. He had become like an evening shadow. He had been tossed away like a locust. His knees were weak from fasting. His body had become gaunt. He had become the object of scorn to his accusers. When they saw him, they would shake their heads in dismay.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 