וַאֲנִ֤י ׀ בַּחֲלוֹתָ֡ם לְב֬וּשִׁי שָׂ֗ק עִנֵּ֣יתִי בַצּ֣וֹם נַפְשִׁ֑י וּ֝תְפִלָּתִ֗י עַל־חֵיקִ֥י תָשֽׁוּב׃
Ngunit ako, nang sila ay magkasakit, sako ang aking isinuot; pinahirapan ko ang aking kaluluwa sa pag-aayuno; at ang aking panalangin para sa kanila ay bumalik nawa sa aking sariling dibdib.
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).