Psalms 109:22

For I am poor and needy, And my heart is wounded within me.

ASV Byzantine Text

In The King James Version

For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.

In Context

21But deal thou with me, O Jehovah the Lord, for thy name’s sake: Because thy lovingkindness is good, deliver thou me;

23I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.

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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 hidden 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.

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 →

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