King James Version
Psalms 109:22 in the King James Version says “For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 109 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.”
Psalms 109:22 · KJV
Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.
But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.
For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“and my heart”
H3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything
“is wounded”
H2490properly, to bore, i.e., (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin
“within”
H7130properly, the nearest part, i.e., the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)
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