Psalms 109:22

22 For I am poor and needy. My heart is wounded 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 This is the reward of my adversaries from Yahweh, Of those who speak evil against my soul.

21 But deal with me, Yahweh the Lord, for your name's sake, Because your lovingkindness is good, deliver me;

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

23 I fade away like an evening shadow. I am shaken off as the locust.

24 My knees are weak through fasting. My body is thin and lacks fat.