Tehillim 109:22

22 For I am oni and evyon, and my lev is wounded within me.

Tehillim 109:22 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 109:22

For I am poor and needy
As he was in human nature, being born of poor parents, brought up in a mean manner, had not where to lay his head, and was ministered to by others; though he was Lord of all, and immensely rich in the perfections of his nature, and in his vast empire and dominion, and the revenues arising from thence; see ( 2 Corinthians 8:9 ) . It may here chiefly respect his helpless and forlorn estate as man, at the time of his sufferings and death; see ( Psalms 40:17 ) .

And my heart is wounded within me;
with the sins of his people on him, with a sense of divine wrath, and when under divine desertions, especially when his soul was exceeding sorrowful, even unto death, ( Matthew 26:38 ) ( Psalms 40:12 ) .

Tehillim 109:22 In-Context

20 This is the reward of mine adversaries from Hashem, and of them that speak rah against my nefesh.

21 But Thou O Hashem Adonoi, do with me for the sake of Thy Name; because Thy chesed is tov, deliver Thou me.

22 For I am oni and evyon, and my lev is wounded within me.

23 I am gone like a lengthening tzel (shadow); I am shaken off like the arbeh.

24 My knees are weak from a tzom; and my basar faileth of fatness.