Psalms 109:22

I ask you to do this because I am poor and needy and my inner being is ◄full of pain/very troubled/discouraged►.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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

In Context

21But Yahweh, my God, do good things for me in order that I may honor you; rescue me from my enemies because your faithfully loving me is good.

23I think that my time to remain alive is short, like an evening shadow that will soon disappear [SIM]. I will be blown away like a locust/grasshopper is blown by the wind.

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Cross References

2 Kings 4:27But when she came to where Elisha was, she prostrated herself on the ground in front of Elisha and took hold of his feet. Gehazi started to push her away, but Elisha said, “◄Do not push her away/Leave her alone►! Something is troubling her very much, but Yahweh has not told me what it is.”

Psalms 22:6But you have not rescued me People despise me and consider that I am not a man; they think that I am as worthless as a worm! Everyone [HYP] scorns me and despises me.

Psalms 40:17As for me, I am poor and needy [DOU]; but I know that Yahweh has not forgotten me. O my God, you are the one who saves and helps me, so please come quickly and help me!

Psalms 88:15All the time since I was young, I have suffered and have often almost died; I am ◄in despair/very discouraged► because of enduring the terrible things that you have done to me.

Psalms 102:17You will listen to the prayers of your people who are homeless, and you will ◄not ignore them/do what they request► [LIT] when they plead with you to help them.

Isaiah 53:3People will despise and reject him. {He will be despised and rejected.} He will endure much pain, and he will suffer much. Because his face will be very disfigured, people will not want to look at him; people will despise him and think that he is not worth paying any attention to.

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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