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

And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, 'Let me choose, I pray thee, twelve thousand men, and I arise and pursue after David to-night,

Happy the kind -- because they shall find kindness.

did it not behove also thee to have dealt kindly with thy fellow-servant, as I also dealt kindly with thee?

for the judgment without kindness is to him not having done kindness, and exult doth kindness over judgment.

Persecuted

Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in devices that they devised.

And they say one unto another, 'Verily we are guilty concerning our brother, because we saw the distress of his soul, in his making supplication unto us, and we did not hearken: therefore hath this distress come upon us.'

Till when do ye afflict my soul, And bruise me with words?

And having crucified him, they divided his garments, casting a lot, that it might be fulfilled that was spoken by the prophet, 'They divided my garments to themselves, and over my vesture they cast a lot;'

Slay

Near is Jehovah to the broken of heart, And the bruised of spirit He saveth.

Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am sick, And I look for a bemoaner, and there is none, And for comforters, and I have found none.

And David saith unto Abishai, and unto all his servants, 'Lo, my son who came out of my bowels is seeking my life, and also surely now the Benjamite; leave him alone, and let him revile, for Jehovah hath said so to him;

and he saith to them, 'Exceeding sorrowful is my soul -- to death; remain here, and watch.'