Psalms 109:31
Because he hath stood at the right hand of the poor, to save my soul from persecutors
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.
In Context
30I will give great thanks to the Lord with my mouth: and in the midst of many I will praise him.
Cross References
Exodus 22:22You shall not hurt a widow or an orphan.
Psalms 16:8I set the Lord always in my sight: for he is at my right hand, that I be not moved.
Psalms 72:4He shall judge the poor of the people, and he shall save the children of the poor: and he shall humble the oppressor.
Psalms 73:23I am become as a beast before thee: and I am always with thee.
Psalms 110:5The Lord at thy right hand hath broken kings in the day of his wrath.
Psalms 140:12But darkness shall not be dark to thee, and night shall be light as day: the darkness thereof, and the light thereof are alike to thee.
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 →