The Meaning of Psalms 109:22 Explained

Psalms 109:22

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

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

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

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

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Psalms 109:22?

MEANING: What does Psalms 109:22 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Psalms 109:22 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Psalms 109:22?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Psalms 109:22 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalms 109:17-31 - The Deliverer Of The Needy
This psalm emphasizes the difference, indicated by our Lord, between His teaching and that addressed to "them of old time," especially on the point of forgiveness. It is in such teaching as this that the psalmist's mood is distinctly inferior to that which has now become the law for devout men. This at least may be said, that these ancient saints did not desire vengeance for private injuries, but that God's name and character might be vindicated. Devout men could not but long for the triumph of good and the defeat and destruction of its opposite.
The closing paragraph voices some of those lowly, sad petitions for help, which occur in so many of the psalms. This combination of devout meekness and trust with the fiery imprecations or predictions at the core of this psalm, substantiates what has been said above as to the spirit in which the psalm was conceived. It is not personal, but the voice of the Church asking God to make known the righteousness of His government. The psalm begins and ends with praise. It starts by picturing an adversary at the right hand of the wicked, Psalms 109:6, and closes with assurance that Jehovah stands at the right hand of His afflicted servant to deliver him. "I have set the Lord always before me: because He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved," Psalms 16:8. [source]

Chapter Summary: Psalms 109

1  David complains of his slanderous enemies
16  He shows their sin
21  Complaining of his own misery, he prays for help
29  He promises thankfulness

What do the individual words in Psalms 109:22 mean?

For poor and needy I [am] and my heart is wounded within me
כִּֽי־ עָנִ֣י וְאֶבְי֣וֹן אָנֹ֑כִי וְ֝לִבִּ֗י חָלַ֥ל בְּקִרְבִּֽי

עָנִ֣י  poor 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: עָנִי  
Sense: poor, afflicted, humble, wretched.
וְאֶבְי֣וֹן  and  needy 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adjective, masculine singular
Root: אֶבְיׄון  
Sense: in want, needy, chiefly poor, needy person.
אָנֹ֑כִי  I  [am] 
Parse: Pronoun, first person common singular
Root: אָנׄכִי  
Sense: I (first pers.
וְ֝לִבִּ֗י  and  my  heart 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: לֵב 
Sense: inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding.
חָלַ֥ל  is  wounded 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: חָלַל 
Sense: to profane, defile, pollute, desecrate, begin.
בְּקִרְבִּֽי  within  me 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: קֶרֶב  
Sense: midst, among, inner part, middle.

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