I behaved myself as though [he had been] my friend [or] brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth [for his] mother.
Ver. 14. I behaved myself as though he had been, &c.] My brother a thousand times. This was much to do to an enemy; but possibly all this might be before they fell out.
I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth, &c.] The mother is usually most dearly beloved, and not without cause, as having been ante partum onerosa, in partu dolorosa, post partum laboriosa (Kimchi). Or, as a suckling crieth in the loss of his nurse.