Psalm 109:21 KJV

Psalms · chapter 109 · verse 21

But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name’s sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.Psalm 109:21 · King James Version

Psalm 109:21 in context

19Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.

20Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.

21But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name’s sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.

22For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.

23I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.

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.

— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 21-31