Psalm 69:10
“When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.”
KJV
Read in Psalm 69Meaning
A devotional practice is mocked rather than admired.
Zeal, reproach, and alienation
Acknowledged fault, devotion, shame, fasting, and social humiliation.
Read carefully
The verse does not establish a hierarchy of spiritual worth by bodily deprivation.
Reflection
Keep humility and avoid retaliatory contempt.