Psalms 109:22

22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.

Psalms 109:22 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
English Standard Version (ESV)
22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is stricken within me.
New Living Translation (NLT)
22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is full of pain.
The Message Bible (MSG)
22 I'm at the end of my rope, my life in ruins.
American Standard Version (ASV)
22 For I am poor and needy, And my heart is wounded within me.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
22 I am oppressed and needy. I can feel the pain in my heart.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
22 For I am poor and needy; my heart is wounded within me.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
22 I am poor and needy. My heart is wounded deep down inside me.

Psalms 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 ) .

Psalms 109:22 In-Context

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