Psalms 109:22
What does Psalms 109:22 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 109:22 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000For I am poor and needy, And my heart is wounded within me.
KJV
King James Version · 1611For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901For I am poor and needy, And my heart is wounded within me.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949For I am poor and in need, and my heart is wounded in me.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862For I <FI>am<Fi> poor and needy, And my heart hath been pierced in my midst.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Not available in this translation
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890For I am afflicted and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 40:17
But I am poor and needy; Yetthe Lord thinketh upon me: Thou art my help and my deliverer; Make no tarrying, O my God.
- 2 Kings 4:27
And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. And Gehazi came near to thrust her away; but the man of God said, Let her alone: for her soul is vexed within her; and Jehovah hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.
- Isaiah 53:3
He was despised, and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and as one from whom men hide their face he was despised; and we esteemed him not.
- Psalms 22:6
But I am a worm, and no man; A reproach of men, and despised of the people.
- Psalms 88:15
I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: While I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
- Psalms 109:16
Because he remembered not to show kindness, But persecuted the poor and needy man, And the broken in heart, to slay them.
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