Psalms 109:22
For I am poor and needy, And my heart is wounded within me.
American Standard 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 declineth: 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 Jehovah hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.
Psalms 22:6But I am a worm, and no man; A reproach of men, and despised of the people.
Psalms 40:17But I am poor and needy; [Yet] the Lord thinketh upon me: Thou art my help and my deliverer; Make no tarrying, O my God. Psalm 41 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
Psalms 88:15I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: While I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
Psalms 102:17He hath regarded the prayer of the destitute, And hath not despised their prayer.
Isaiah 53:3He was despised, and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and as one 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 →