Psalms 109:22–24

¹BOW down thine ear, O Lord, hear me: for I am poor and needy.

¹¶ Bow downe thine eare, O LORD, heare me: for I am poore & needy.

⁴My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.

⁴My heart is smitten, and withered like grasse: so that I forget to eate my bread.

¹⁷But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.

¹⁷But I am poore and needy, yet the LORD thinketh vpon me: thou art my helpe and my deliuerer, make no tarrying, O my God.

⁹For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.

⁹For yee know the grace of our Lord Iesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poore, that yee through his pouertie might be rich.

²⁷And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the Lord hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.

²⁷And when shee came to the man of God to the hill, shee caught ^†him by the feet: but Gehazi came neere to thrust her away. And the man of God saide, Let her alone, for her soule is ^†vexed within her: and the LORD hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.

²⁷Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.

²⁷Now is my soule troubled, and what shall I say? Father, saue me from this houre, but for this cause came I vnto this houre.

⁶But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.

⁶But I am a worme, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.

³He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

^3*‖He is despised and reiected of men, a man ofsorrows, and acquainted with griefe: and we hid as it were our faces from him; hee was despised, and wee esteemed him not.

⁴For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

^4*For the arrowes of the Almightie are within me, the poyson whereof drinketh vp my spirit: the terrors of God doe set themselues in aray against mee.

⁴⁴And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

⁴⁴And being in an agonie, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling downe to the ground.

²⁰And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

²⁰And Iesus saith vnto him, The Foxes haue holes, and the birds of the ayre haue nests: but the sonne of man hath not where to lay his head.

¹⁷He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.

¹⁸This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the Lord.

¹⁹For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the Lord behold the earth;

²⁰To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;

¹⁷He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.

¹⁸This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created, shall praise the LORD.

¹⁹For hee hath looked downe from the height of his Sanctuarie: from heauen did the LORD beholde the earth:

^20†To heare the groning of the prisoner: to loose those that are appointed to death:

¹⁶Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.

¹⁶Because that he remembred not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poore and needy man: that he might euen slay the broken in heart.

¹⁵I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.

¹⁶Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.

¹⁵I am afflicted and ready to die, from my youth vp: while I suffer thy terrours, I am distracted.

¹⁶Thy fierce wrath goeth ouer me: thy terrours haue cut me off.

¹⁹And the Lord turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt.

¹⁹And the LORD turned a mighty strong West wind, which tooke away the locusts, and ^†cast them into the red sea: there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt.

¹⁵For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.

¹⁵For we are strangers before thee, and soiourners, as were all our fathers: ^*Our dayes on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none ^†abiding.

²He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

^2*Hee commeth forth like a flower, and is cut downe: he fleeth also, as a shaddow and continueth not.

¹⁰Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.

¹¹My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.

¹⁰Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me vp, and cast me downe.

^11*My dayes are like a shadow, that declineth: & I am withered like grasse.

¹²For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

^12†*For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the dayes of his vaine life, which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shal be after him vnder the sunne?

¹³But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.

¹³But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall hee prolong his dayes which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.

¹³And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the Lord brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.

¹³And Moses stretched forth his rod ouer the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an East wind vpon the land all that day, and all that night: and when it was morning, the East wind brought the locusts.

¹⁴Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

¹⁴Whereas yee know not what shalbe on the morow: ^*for what is your life? ^‖It is euen a vapour that appeareth for a litle time, and then vanisheth away.

⁴Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.

^4*Man is like to vanity: his dayes are as a shadow that passeth away.

¹²Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;

¹²Wherefore lift vp the handes which hang downe, and the feeble knees.

²And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.

²And when hee had fasted forty dayes and forty nights, hee was afterward an hungred.

¹⁴I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.

^14‖I am powred out like water, and all my bones are out of ioynt: my heart is like waxe, it is melted in the middest of my bowels.

³When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.

⁴For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

³When I kept silence, my bones waxed old; through my roaring all the day long.

⁴For day and night thy hand was heauy vpon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

²⁷In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.

²⁷In wearinesse and painfulnesse, in watchings often, in hunger & thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakednes.

²⁰My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.

²⁰My bone cleaueth to my skinne, ^‖and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skinne of my teeth.

⁴My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.

⁵By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.

⁴My heart is smitten, and withered like grasse: so that I forget to eate my bread.

^5‖By reason of the voice of my groning, my bones cleaue to my skinne.

¹³But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.

¹⁴I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.

^13‖But as for me, when they were sicke, my clothing was sack-cloth: I humbled my soule with fasting, and my prayer returned into mine owne bosome.

^14††I behaued my selfe as though he had bene my friend, or brother: I bowed downe heauily, as one that mourneth for his mother.

⁵My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.

⁶I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.

⁷For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.

⁸I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

⁵My wounds stinke, and are corrupt: because of my foolishnesse.

^6†I am troubled, I am bowed downe greatly; I goe mourning all the day long.

⁷For my loynes are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundnesse in my flesh.

⁸I am feeble and sore broken; I haue roared by reason of the disquietnesse of my heart.

¹⁰When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.

¹⁰When I wept, and chastened my soule with fasting, that was to my reproch.