Psalms 109:22
For I am poor and needy; my heart is wounded within me.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
In Context
23I am fading away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.
Cross References
2 Kings 4:27When she reached the man of God at the mountain, she clung to his feet. Gehazi came over to push her away, but the man of God said, “Leave her alone, for her soul is in deep distress, and the LORD has hidden it from me and has not told me.”
Psalms 22:6But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.
Psalms 40:17But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my helper and deliverer; O my God, do not delay.
Psalms 88:15From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.
Psalms 102:17He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.
Isaiah 53:3He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, 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 →