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.

[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.”

[69:11]  ³ tn Heb “and I am an object of ridicule to them.”

[30:25]  ⁴ tn Heb “for the hard of day.”

[5:44]  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 ˹ pc sa, as well as several fathers and versional witnesses.