Psalms 109:22
for I am poor and needy, and my heart is troubled within me.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
In Context
21But thou, O Lord, do with for thy names sake: because thy mercy is sweet. Do thou deliver me.
23I am taken away like the shadow when it declineth: and I am shaken off as locusts.
Cross References
2 Kings 4:27And when she came to the man of God to the mount, she caught hold on his feet: and Giezi came to remove her. And the man of God said: Let her alone for her soul is in anguish, and the Lord hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.
Psalms 22:6They cried to thee, and they were saved: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
Psalms 40:17Let all that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee : and let such as love thy salvation say always : The Lord be magnified.
Psalms 88:15Lord, why castest thou off my prayer: why turnest thou away thy face from me?
Psalms 102:17For the Lord hath built up Sion: and he shall be seen in his glory.
Isaiah 53:3Despised, and the most abject of men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with infirmity: and his look was as it were hidden and despised, whereupon 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 →