Psalms 109:22
for I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
In Context
23I am gone like the shadow when it declines. I am tossed up and down as the locust.
Cross References
2 Kings 4:27And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. And Gehazi came near to thrust her away, but the man of God said, Let her alone, for her soul is vexed within her, and LORD has hid it from me, and has n
Psalms 22:6But I am a worm, and no man, a reproach of men, and despised by the people.
Psalms 40:17But I am poor and needy, [yet] LORD thinks upon me. Thou are my help and my deliverer. Make no delay, O my God.
Psalms 88:15I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up. While I suffer thy terrors I am confounded.
Psalms 102:17He has regarded the prayer of the destitute, and has not despised their prayer.
Isaiah 53:3He was despised, and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief. And as him from whom men hide their face he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 109:22-31
Humble Petitions; Triumphing in God. 21 But do thou for me, O God the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me. 22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. 23 I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust. 24 My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness. 25 I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads. 26 Help me, O Lord my God: O save me according to thy mercy: 27 That… Read the whole commentary →