Psalms 109:22
For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
Webster Bible
In The King James Version
For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
In Context
21But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.
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 him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is sorrowful within her: and the LORD 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 by 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 delay, 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 will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
Isaiah 53:3He is despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; 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 →