Psalms 109:26

Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy:

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Help	עָ֭זְרֵנִי 'A.ze.re.ni	H5826	to surround · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix
LORD	יְהוָ֣ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
God	אֱלֹהָ֑י 'e.lo.Hai	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix
save	ה֭וֹשִׁיעֵ֣נִי ho.shi.'E.ni	H3467	properly · verb, hiphil imperative, 2nd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix
mercy	כְחַסְדֶּֽךָ khe.chas.De.kha	H2617	kindness · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Psalms 119:86 All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.
Psalms 57:1 Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until…
Psalms 69:13 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salv…
Hebrews 5:7 Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save h…
Psalms 40:12 For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than…
Psalms 69:16 Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 109:21–end

David, having denounced God's wrath against his enemies, here takes God's comforts to himself, but in a very humble manner, and without boasting. I. He pours out his complaint before God concerning the low condition he was in, which, probably, gave advantage to his enemies to insult over him: "I am poor and needy, and therefore a proper object of pity, and one that needs and craves thy help." 1. He was troubled in mind (Psa 109:22): My heart is wounded within me, not only broken with outward troubles, which sometimes prostrate and sink the spirits, but wounded with a sense of guilt; and a wounded spirit who can bear? who can heal? 2. He apprehended himself drawing near to his end: I am gone…

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John Gill on Psalms 109:26

Help me, O Lord my God,.... Jehovah the Father is here addressed, who is the God of Christ, as Christ is man; who formed him, supported him, and glorified him; and whom Christ loved, believed in, obeyed and prayed unto; nor did he pray to a God that could not hear, but to one that was able to save him from death: as a divine Person he needed no help, being the mighty God, the most Mighty, the Almighty: but as man he did, being encompassed about with infirmities; and as Mediator help was promised him, he expected it, and he had it, Psalm 89:21. O save me according to thy mercy; or "kindness"; as before in Psalm 109:21 from sufferings, and out of them; from death and the grave, as he was; or…

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John Calvin on Psalms 109:21-27

Psalm 109:21-27 21. And thou, O Jehovah my Lord! undertake for me, for thy name's sake; deliver me, because thy mercy is good; 22. Because I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. 23. I walk about as a shadow when it declineth. [313] I am tossed as the locust. [314] 24. My knees are become feeble through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness. 25. But I became a reproach to them; when they see me they shake their head. 26. Help me, O Jehovah my God! save me according to thy mercy: 27. And they shall know that this is thy hand, and that thou, O Jehovah! hast done it. 21 And thou, O Jehovah my Lord! From the pouring out of complaints and imprecations against his enemies, the…

The Church Fathers

Save me according to your mercy. He says also in the Gospel: "I have power to lay down my soul and to take it up again." And again: "No one takes it from me." And how does he ask for mercy? He himself asks for mercy, and he himself bestows it; he himself as man asks, and as God bestows.
— Jerome, Homily 35, on Psalm 108

"And let them know how that this is Thy Hand, and that Thou, Lord, hast made it" (ver. 26). He said, "Let them know," of those for whom He even prayed while they were raging; for even those who afterwards believed in Him were among the crowd who shook their heads in mockery of Him. But let those who ascribe unto God the shape of the human body, learn in what sense God hath a hand. Let us therefore understand, that the Hand of God meaneth Christ: whence it is elsewhere said, "Unto whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?" ...
— Augustine of Hippo, On the Psalms, Psalm 109

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Psalms 109:26

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 109:21–end

John Gill on Psalms 109:26

John Calvin on Psalms 109:21-27

The Church Fathers

Psalms 109:26

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 109:21–end

John Gill on Psalms 109:26

John Calvin on Psalms 109:21-27

The Church Fathers

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 109:26–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 109:26-31

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 109:26