Psalms 109:31
I will do that because he defends [MTY] needy people like me, and saves us from those who have decided/declared that we must be executed.
Translation for Translators
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
Cross References
Exodus 22:22You must not mistreat any widow or any orphan.
Psalms 16:8I know that Yahweh is always with me. He is beside me; so nothing will ◄perturb me/cause me to be worried►.
Psalms 72:4Help me, your king, to defend the poor people and to rescue needy people and to defeat those who oppress them.
Psalms 73:23But I am always close to you, and you hold my hand.
Psalms 110:5Yahweh stands in the place of highest honor at your right side; when he becomes angry, he will defeat many kings.
Psalms 140:12Yahweh, I know that you defend those who are oppressed, and that you do what is just/fair for those who are needy/poor.
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 →