Psalms 69:10-11
69:10 I weep and refrain from eating food, 1
which causes others to insult me. 2
69:11 I wear sackcloth
and they ridicule me. 3
Job 30:25
30:25 Have I not wept for the unfortunate? 4
Was not my soul grieved for the poor?
Matthew 5:44
5:44 But I say to you, love your enemy and
5 pray for those who persecute you,
Romans 12:14-15
12:14 Bless those who persecute you, bless and do not curse.
12:15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.
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.
2 tn Heb “and it becomes insults to me.”
3 tn Heb “and I am an object of ridicule to them.”
4 tn Heb “for the hard of day.”
5 tc Most mss ([D] L [W] Θ Ë13 33 Ï lat) read “bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you,” before “those who persecute you.” But this is surely a motivated reading, importing the longer form of this aphorism from Luke 6:27-28. The shorter text is found in א B Ë1 pc sa, as well as several fathers and versional witnesses.