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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)For I am poor and needy, and my heart is full of pain.

Context of Psalms 109:22

20May this be the Lord’s payment to my accusers, to those who speak evil of me. 21But you, Sovereign Lord, help me for your name’s sake; out of the goodness of your love, deliver me. For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. 23I fade away like an evening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust. 24My knees give way from fasting; my body is thin and gaunt.

Psalms 109:22 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• poorעָנִי‛ânîy · afflictedH6041
• and needyאֶבְיוֹן'ebyôn · needyH34
• and my heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• is woundedחָלַלchâlal · to boreH2490
• withinקֶ֫רֶבqereb · entrails: amongH7130

Cross-references for Psalms 109:22

• Psalms 22:6But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by everyone, despised by the people.
• Psalms 40:17But as for me, I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my help and my deliverer; you are my God, do not delay.
• Psalms 86:1Hear me, Lord, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.
• Psalms 102:17He will respond to the prayer of the destitute; he will not despise their plea.
• Matthew 8:20Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds 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 of doing a kindness, but hounded to death the poor and the needy and the brokenhearted.
• Psalms 88:15From my youth I have suffered and been close to death; I have borne your terrors and am in despair.
• Psalms 102:4My heart is blighted and withered like grass; I forget to eat my food.
• 2 Kings 4:27When she reached the man of God at the mountain, she took hold of his feet. Gehazi came over to push her away, but the man of God said, “Leave her alone! She is in bitter distress, but the Lord has hidden it from me and has not told me why.”
• Job 6:4The arrows of the Almighty are in me, my spirit drinks in their poison; God’s terrors are marshaled against me.
• Isaiah 53:3He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.
• Luke 22:44And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.
• John 12:27“Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? No, it was for this very reason I came 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