Psalm 109:22 “For I am poor and needy; my heart is wounded within me.”

Psalm 109:22

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Because I am poore and needie, and mine heart is wounded within me.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

For I [am] poor and needy, And my heart hath been pierced in my midst.

Bible in Basic English

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

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Cross references

“For I”

Psalm 86:1 Psalm 40:17 Psalm 22:6 2 Corinthians 8:9 Psalm 102:17–20 Matthew 8:20

Psalm 86:1 · BSB

Incline Your ear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.

Psalm 40:17 · BSB

But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my helper and deliverer; O my God, do not delay.

Psalm 22:6 · BSB

But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.

2 Corinthians 8:9 · BSB

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.

Psalm 102:17–20 · BSB

He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.

Matthew 8:20 · BSB

Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”

“and my”

Psalm 102:4 2 Kings 4:27 John 12:27 Psalm 109:16 Job 6:4 Isaiah 53:3

Psalm 102:4 · BSB

My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread.

2 Kings 4:27 · BSB

When she reached the man of God at the mountain, she clung to his feet. Gehazi came over to push her away, but the man of God said, “Leave her alone, for her soul is in deep distress, and the LORD has hidden it from me a…

John 12:27 · BSB

Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? No, it is for this purpose that I have come to this hour.

Psalm 109:16 · BSB

For he never thought to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted, even to their death.

Job 6:4 · BSB

For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.

Isaiah 53:3 · BSB

He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

21But You, O GOD, the Lord, deal kindly with me for the sake of Your name; deliver me by the goodness of Your loving devotion.

23I am fading away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.

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