וַאֲנִ֤י ׀ בַּחֲלוֹתָ֡ם לְב֬וּשִׁי שָׂ֗ק עִנֵּ֣יתִי בַצּ֣וֹם נַפְשִׁ֑י וּ֝תְפִלָּתִ֗י עַל־חֵיקִ֥י תָשֽׁוּב׃
Padahal aku, ketika mereka sakit, aku berpakaian kain kabung; aku menyiksa diriku dengan berpuasa. Biarlah doaku untuk mereka kembali ke pangkuanku sendiri.
Berakhot
What is the reason ? Are we to suppose it is because it is written, "There is none of you that is sorry for me or discloseth unto me" (ibid. xxii. 8)? Perhaps it is different in the case of a king! Nay, [derive the reason] from the following : "But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth, I afflicted my soul with fasting ; and my prayer, may it return into mine own bosom" (Ps. xxxv. 13).