Berean Standard Bible
Psalms 109:22
22For I am poor and needy; my heart is wounded within me.
Psalms 109:22 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
- New International Version (NIV)For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For I am poor and needy, and my heart is stricken within me.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For I am poor and needy, And my heart is wounded within me.
Context of Psalms 109:22
20May this be the LORD’s reward to my accusers, to those who speak evil against me. 21But You, O GOD, the Lord, deal kindly with me for the sake of Your name; deliver me by the goodness of Your loving devotion. For I am poor and needy; my heart is wounded within me. 23I am fading away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust. 24My knees are weak from fasting, and my body grows lean and gaunt.
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כִּֽי־עָנִ֣י וְאֶבְי֣וֹן אָנֹ֑כִי וְ֝לִבִּ֗י חָלַ֥ל בְּקִרְבִּֽי׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 109:22
- 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 86:1Incline Your ear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.
- Psalms 102:17He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.
- Matthew 8:20Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”
- 2 Corinthians 8:9For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.
- Psalms 109:16For he never thought to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted, even to their death.
- Psalms 88:15From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.
- Psalms 102:4My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread.
- 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.”
- Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
- 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.
- Luke 22:44And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.
- John 12:27Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? No, it is for this purpose that I have come to this hour.
Commentaries on Psalms 109:22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22I am poor and needy - I am allicted and impoverished; and my heart is wounded - my very life is sinking through distress.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22For I am poor and needy - I am helpless and dependent. I am in a condition where I need thy gracious interposition. And my heart is wounded within me - I am as one that is prostrated by a weapon - as if my heart had been pierced. I have no courage, no strength. I am like one who lies wounded on a battlefield.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-31Verses 21-31 The psalmist takes God's comforts to himself, but in a very humble manner. He was troubled in mind. His body was wasted, and almost worn away. But it is better to have leanness in the body, while the soul prospers and is in health, than to have leanness in the soul, while the body is feasted. He was ridiculed and reproached by his enemies. But if God bless us, we need not care who curses us; for how can they curse whom God has not cursed…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21-25Feeling vulnerable and miserable, the psalmist asks his Lord for help. The accusations have crushed his spirit and drained his physical strength.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 21-2221-22. do ... for me--that is, kindness. wounded--literally, "pierced" (Psa 69:16, 29).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 109
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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