Psalms 109:22

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

20Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from Jehovah, and of them that speak evil against my soul. 21But do thou for me, Jehovah, Lord, for thy name's sake; because thy loving-kindness is good, deliver me: For I am afflicted and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. 23I am gone like a shadow when it lengtheneth; I am tossed about like the locust; 24My knees are failing through fasting, and my flesh hath lost its fatness;

Psalms 109:22 word by word

כִּֽי־עָנִ֣י וְאֶבְי֣וֹן אָנֹ֑כִי וְ֝לִבִּ֗י חָלַ֥ל בְּקִרְבִּֽי׃Read the interlinear

• afflictedעָנִי‛ânîy · afflictedH6041
• needyאֶבְיוֹן'ebyôn · needyH34
• heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820

Cross-references for Psalms 109:22

• Psalms 22:6But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and the despised of the people.
• Psalms 40:17But I am afflicted and needy: the Lord thinketh upon me. Thou art my help and my deliverer: my God, make no delay.
• Psalms 86:1Incline thine ear, Jehovah, answer me; for I am afflicted and needy.
• Psalms 102:17He will regard the prayer of the destitute one, and not despise their prayer.
• Matthew 8:20And Jesus says to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven roosting-places; but the Son of man has not where he may lay his head.
• 2 Corinthians 8:9For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that for your sakes he, being rich, became poor, in order that ye by his poverty might be enriched.
• Psalms 109:16Because he remembered not to shew kindness, but persecuted the afflicted and needy man, and the broken in heart, to slay him.
• Psalms 88:15I am afflicted and expiring from my youth up; I suffer thy terrors, [and] I am distracted.
• Psalms 102:4My heart is smitten and withered like grass; yea, I have forgotten to eat my bread.
• 2 Kings 4:27And she came to the man of God to the mountain, and caught him by the feet; and Gehazi drew near to thrust her away; but the man of God said, Let her alone, for her soul is troubled within her, and Jehovah has hidden it from me, and has not told me.
• Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, their poison drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
• Isaiah 53:3He is despised and left alone of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief, and like one from whom [men] hide their faces; — despised, and we esteemed him not.
• Luke 22:44And being in conflict he prayed more intently. And his sweat became as great drops of blood, falling down upon the earth.
• John 12:27Now is my soul troubled, and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour. But on account of this have I 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

Topics related to Psalms 109:22

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Prayer

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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