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 · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

For I am poor and in need, and my heart is wounded in me.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

For I <FI>am<Fi> poor and needy, And my heart hath been pierced in my midst.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Not available in this translation

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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

Context

v.21But deal thou with me, O Jehovah the Lord, for thy name’s sake: Because thy lovingkindness is good, deliver thou me;

v.22This passage

v.23I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.

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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