Psalms 109:22
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For I am poor and needy; my heart is wounded within me.”
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BSBPD
“For I am poor and needy; my heart is wounded within me.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“For I am poor and needy, And my heart is wounded within me.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“For I <FI>am<Fi> poor and needy, And my heart hath been pierced in my midst.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Psalms 109:22 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Kings 4:27When 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 and has not told me.”
- Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
- Psalms 22:6But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.
- Psalms 25:16Turn to me and be gracious, for I am lonely and afflicted.
- Psalms 40:17But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my helper and deliverer; O my God, do not delay.
- Psalms 86:1Incline Your ear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.
- Psalms 88:15From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.
- Psalms 102:4My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread.
- Psalms 102:17He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.
- Psalms 109:16For he never thought to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted, even to their death.
- Isaiah 53:3He 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.
- Matthew 8:20Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”
- Luke 22:44And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.
- John 12:27Now 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.
- 2 Corinthians 8:9For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.
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