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my heart is wounded within me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/109.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For I <i>am</i> poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/109.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For I <i>am</i> poor and needy, And my heart is wounded within me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/109.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For I am afflicted and needy, And my heart is wounded within me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/109.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />For I am afflicted and needy, And my heart is wounded within me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/109.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />For I am afflicted and needy, And my heart is wounded within me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/109.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For I am afflicted and needy, And my heart is pierced within me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/109.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />For I am suffering and needy, And my heart is wounded within me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/109.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For I am suffering and needy; my heart is wounded within me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/109.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For I am afflicted and needy; my heart is wounded within me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/109.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For I am poor and needy, And my heart is wounded within me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/109.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I am poor and helpless, and I have lost all hope. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/109.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/109.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I am oppressed and needy. I can feel the pain in my heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/109.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I am poor and needy; I am hurt to the depths of my heart. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/109.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Indeed, I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/109.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />For I am poor and needy; my heart is wounded within me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/109.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />For I am oppressed and needy, and my heart beats violently within me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/109.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />for I am poor and needy. My heart is wounded within me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/109.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/109.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />for I am poor and needy. My heart is wounded within me. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/109.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />For I [am] poor and needy, "" And my heart has been pierced in my midst.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/109.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> For I am poor and needy, And my heart hath been pierced in my midst.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/109.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For poor and needy am I, and my heart wounded in my midst.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/109.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />for I am poor and needy, and my heart is troubled within me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/109.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 108:22>Free me, for I am destitute and poor, and my heart has been disquieted within me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/109.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />For I am poor and needy; my heart is pierced within me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/109.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />For I am poor and needy, and my heart is pierced within me.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/109.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For I am poor and needy, and my heart is troubled within me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/109.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because I am poor and afflicted my heart is troubled within me.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/109.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For I am poor and needy, And my heart is wounded within me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/109.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Deliver me, for I am poor and needy; and my heart is troubled within me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/109-22.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=14122" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/109.htm">The Song of the Slandered</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">21</span>But You, O GOD, the Lord, deal kindly with me for the sake of Your name; deliver me by the goodness of Your loving devotion. <span class="reftext">22</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/595.htm" title="595: ’ā·nō·ḵî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Sometimes; a primitive pro. I.">I</a> <a href="/hebrew/6041.htm" title="6041: ‘ā·nî (Adj-ms) -- Poor, afflicted, humble. From anah; depressed, in mind or circumstances.">am poor</a> <a href="/hebrew/34.htm" title="34: wə·’eḇ·yō·wn (Conj-w:: Adj-ms) -- In want, needy, poor. From 'abah, in the sense of want; destitute.">and needy;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3820.htm" title="3820: wə·lib·bî (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 1cs) -- A form of lebab; the heart; also used very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything.">my heart</a> <a href="/hebrew/2490.htm" title="2490: ḥā·lal (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to bore, i.e. to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane, to break, to begin; denom. to play.">is wounded</a> <a href="/hebrew/7130.htm" title="7130: bə·qir·bî (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 1cs) -- Inward part, midst. From qarab; properly, the nearest part, i.e. The center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial.">within me.</a> </span><span class="reftext">23</span>I am fading away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/53-3.htm">Isaiah 53:3-4</a></span><br />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. / Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-3.htm">Matthew 5:3</a></span><br />“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/34-18.htm">Psalm 34:18</a></span><br />The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/69-20.htm">Psalm 69:20</a></span><br />Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found no one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/11-28.htm">Matthew 11:28-29</a></span><br />Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. / Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/147-3.htm">Psalm 147:3</a></span><br />He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/61-1.htm">Isaiah 61:1</a></span><br />The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/4-18.htm">Luke 4:18</a></span><br />“The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/12-9.htm">2 Corinthians 12:9-10</a></span><br />But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me. / That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/6-2.htm">Psalm 6:2-3</a></span><br />Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am frail; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are in agony. / My soul is deeply distressed. How long, O LORD, how long?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/22-14.htm">Psalm 22:14-15</a></span><br />I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me. / My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/4-15.htm">Hebrews 4:15</a></span><br />For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/25-16.htm">Psalm 25:16-18</a></span><br />Turn to me and be gracious, for I am lonely and afflicted. / The troubles of my heart increase; free me from my distress. / Consider my affliction and trouble, and take away all my sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/31-9.htm">Psalm 31:9-10</a></span><br />Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sorrow, my soul and body as well. / For my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my iniquity has drained my strength, and my bones are wasting away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/5-7.htm">1 Peter 5:7</a></span><br />Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.</p><p class="hdg">for I</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/22-6.htm">Psalm 22:6</a></b></br> But I <i>am</i> a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/40-17.htm">Psalm 40:17</a></b></br> But I <i>am</i> poor and needy; <i>yet</i> the Lord thinketh upon me: thou <i>art</i> my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/86-1.htm">Psalm 86:1</a></b></br> A Prayer of David. Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I <i>am</i> poor and needy.</p><p class="hdg">and my</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/109-16.htm">Psalm 109:16</a></b></br> Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/88-15.htm">Psalm 88:15,16</a></b></br> I <i>am</i> afflicted and ready to die from <i>my</i> youth up: <i>while</i> I suffer thy terrors I am distracted… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/102-4.htm">Psalm 102:4</a></b></br> My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/109-16.htm">Afflicted</a> <a href="/psalms/109-16.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/psalms/109-18.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/psalms/107-5.htm">Need</a> <a href="/psalms/109-16.htm">Needy</a> <a href="/psalms/88-5.htm">Pierced</a> <a href="/psalms/109-16.htm">Poor</a> <a href="/psalms/73-14.htm">Stricken</a> <a href="/psalms/107-5.htm">Within</a> <a href="/psalms/89-10.htm">Wounded</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/116-10.htm">Afflicted</a> <a href="/psalms/111-1.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/psalms/109-30.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/psalms/109-24.htm">Need</a> <a href="/psalms/109-31.htm">Needy</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-2.htm">Pierced</a> <a href="/psalms/109-31.htm">Poor</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-1.htm">Stricken</a> <a href="/psalms/122-2.htm">Within</a> <a href="/psalms/110-5.htm">Wounded</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 109</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/109-1.htm">David complains of his slanderous enemies</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/109-16.htm">He shows their sin</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/109-21.htm">Complaining of his own misery, he prays for help</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/109-29.htm">He promises thankfulness</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/109.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/psalms/109.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>For I am poor and needy;</b><br>This phrase reflects a state of humility and dependence on God, often seen throughout the Psalms. The psalmist acknowledges his lack of resources and his need for divine intervention. In biblical times, poverty was not only a lack of material wealth but also a social status that left individuals vulnerable. This expression of need is a common theme in the Psalms, where the psalmist often cries out to God for help (<a href="/psalms/40-17.htm">Psalm 40:17</a>). It also echoes the Beatitudes in the New Testament, where Jesus blesses the poor in spirit (<a href="/matthew/5-3.htm">Matthew 5:3</a>), highlighting the spiritual poverty that leads one to rely on God.<p><b>my heart is wounded within me.</b><br>The imagery of a wounded heart suggests deep emotional or spiritual pain. In the ancient Near Eastern context, the heart was considered the center of one's emotions and thoughts. The psalmist's use of this metaphor indicates a profound inner turmoil, possibly due to betrayal or persecution. This phrase can be connected to the suffering servant in <a href="/isaiah/53.htm">Isaiah 53</a>, who is described as "a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief." It also prefigures the anguish of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane (<a href="/matthew/26-38.htm">Matthew 26:38</a>), where He expresses His deep sorrow and distress. The wounded heart signifies a plea for healing and restoration, a theme that resonates with the promise of God binding up the brokenhearted (<a href="/isaiah/61.htm">Isaiah 61:1</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>Traditionally attributed as the author of <a href="/bsb/psalms/109.htm">Psalm 109</a>, David is expressing his deep distress and reliance on God amidst adversities.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/e/enemies.htm">Enemies</a></b><br>Though not named in this specific verse, the context of <a href="/bsb/psalms/109.htm">Psalm 109</a> involves David's adversaries who are unjustly attacking him.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The ultimate source of refuge and strength for David, to whom he directs his plea for help and justice.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/d/dependence_on_god.htm">Dependence on God</a></b><br>Recognize our own spiritual poverty and need for God's intervention in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/emotional_honesty.htm">Emotional Honesty</a></b><br>Be honest with God about our emotional and spiritual wounds, trusting Him to heal and restore us.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_compassion_for_the_needy.htm">God's Compassion for the Needy</a></b><br>Understand that God has a special concern for those who are poor and needy, and He invites us to share in His compassion.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/prayer_as_a_response_to_adversity.htm">Prayer as a Response to Adversity</a></b><br>Use prayer as a means to express our struggles and seek God's help, just as David did.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_support.htm">Community Support</a></b><br>Encourage the church community to support one another, especially those who are experiencing hardship and emotional wounds.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_109.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 109</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_poverty_and_wealth.htm">What does the Bible say about poverty and wealth?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_god_view_acts_of_injustice.htm">How does God view acts of injustice?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_there_evidence_for_jeremiah_22_13-17.htm">Jeremiah 22:13-17 accuses the king of social injustice. Does external historical or archaeological evidence exist to support or refute these specific abuses?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_psalm_109's_vengeance_cultural_or_universal.htm">How can we determine whether the psalm's language of vengeance (Psalm 109) is historically or culturally rooted rather than universally prescriptive?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/109.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 22.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">For I am poor and needy</span> (comp. ver. 16). David was "poor and needy" both when hunted upon the mountains by Saul, and when forced to flee from Absalom. <span class="cmt_word">And my heart is wounded within me</span>. The wound to David's heart was, on the former occasion, from the malignity of Saul; on the latter, especially from the desertion of his "own familiar friend whom he trusted." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/109-22.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">For</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(kî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I</span><br /><span class="heb">אָנֹ֑כִי</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·nō·ḵî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_595.htm">Strong's 595: </a> </span><span class="str2">I</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[am] poor</span><br /><span class="heb">עָנִ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6041.htm">Strong's 6041: </a> </span><span class="str2">Poor, afflicted, humble</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and needy;</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֶבְי֣וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’eḇ·yō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_34.htm">Strong's 34: </a> </span><span class="str2">In want, needy, poor</span><br /><br /><span class="word">my heart</span><br /><span class="heb">וְ֝לִבִּ֗י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lib·bî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3820.htm">Strong's 3820: </a> </span><span class="str2">The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is wounded</span><br /><span class="heb">חָלַ֥ל</span> <span class="translit">(ḥā·lal)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2490.htm">Strong's 2490: </a> </span><span class="str2">To bore, to wound, to dissolve, to profane, to break, to begin, to play</span><br /><br /><span class="word">within me.</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּקִרְבִּֽי׃</span> <span class="translit">(bə·qir·bî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7130.htm">Strong's 7130: </a> </span><span class="str2">The nearest part, the center</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/109-22.htm">Psalm 109:22 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/109-22.htm">Psalm 109:22 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/109-22.htm">Psalm 109:22 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/109-22.htm">Psalm 109:22 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/109-22.htm">Psalm 109:22 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/109-22.htm">Psalm 109:22 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/109-22.htm">Psalm 109:22 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/109-22.htm">Psalm 109:22 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/109-22.htm">Psalm 109:22 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/109-22.htm">Psalm 109:22 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/109-22.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 109:22 For I am poor and needy (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/109-21.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 109:21"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 109:21" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/109-23.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 109:23"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 109:23" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>