Psalms 109:22

22 (108-22) For I am poor and needy, and my heart is troubled within 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 (108-20) This is the work of them who detract me before the Lord; and who speak evils against my soul.
21 (108-21) But thou, O Lord, do with me for thy name’s sake: because thy mercy is sweet. Do thou deliver me,
22 (108-22) For I am poor and needy, and my heart is troubled within me.
23 (108-23) I am taken away like the shadow when it declineth: and I am shaken off as locusts.
24 (108-24) My knees are weakened through fasting: and my flesh is changed for oil.
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