Psalm 109:22

22 Denn ich bin arm und elend; mein Herz ist zerschlagen in mir.

Psalm 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 ) .

Psalm 109:22 In-Context

20 So geschehe denen vom HERRN, die mir zuwider sind und reden Böses wider meine Seele.

21 Aber du, HERR HERR, sei du mit mir um deines Namens willen; denn deine Gnade ist mein Trost: errette mich!

22 Denn ich bin arm und elend; mein Herz ist zerschlagen in mir.

23 Ich fahre dahin wie ein Schatten, der vertrieben wird, und werde verjagt wie die Heuschrecken.

24 Meine Kniee sind schwach von Fasten, und mein Fleisch ist mager und hat kein Fett.