Psalm 109:16

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Summary

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

He remembered

Persecuted

Slay

Bible References

He remembered

Then Ahithophel said to Absalom, "Please let me choose twelve thousand men, and I will set out and pursue after David {tonight}.

Blessed [are] the merciful, because they will be shown mercy.

Should you not also have shown mercy to your fellow slave as I also showed mercy to you?'

For judgment [is] merciless to the one who has not practiced mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

Persecuted

In arrogance [the] wicked persecutes [the] poor. Let them be caught in [the] schemes that they devised,

Then each said to his brother, "Surely we [are] guilty on account of our brother when we saw the anguish of his soul when he pleaded for mercy to us and we would not listen. Therefore this trouble has come to us."

"{How long} will you torment me and crush me with words?

And [when they] had crucified him, they divided his clothes among themselves [by] casting lots.

Slay

Yahweh [is] near to [those who are] heartbroken and saves [those who are] crushed in spirit.

Reproach has broken my heart and I am sick. And I hoped for sympathy, but there was none, and for comforters, but I found none.

David said to Abishai and to all his servants, "Look, my son who came out of my loins [is] seeking my life. Now {as far as} [this] Benjaminite, leave him alone and let him curse, for Yahweh has spoken to him.

And he said to them, "My soul is deeply grieved, to the point of death. Remain here and stay awake."