Psalms 35:14
I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother. I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.
The verse describes humble, earnest sympathy shown toward enemies in their sickness, with sackcloth worn, fasting practiced, and prayer offered on their behalf. That sympathy treats the hostile sufferer as a friend or brother, mourning over him with the depth and tenderness felt in mourning for a mother.
The psalm to which the verse belongs expresses God's justice rather than personal disposition or desire for revenge. The verse itself is one of the prophetic word-pictures that reveal Christ's inner feelings during his life-and-death struggles with the enemy. Those struggles were experiences his disciples often failed to witness.