Psalm 109:16 - Revised Standard Version CI

¹⁶ For he did not remember to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and the brokenhearted to their death.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Because the man did not [earnestly] remember to show mercy, but pursued and persecuted the poor and needy man, and the broken in heart [he was ready] to slay.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ Because he remembered not to show kindness, But persecuted the poor and needy man, And the broken in heart, to slay them.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ All because this person didn’t remember to demonstrate faithful love, but chased after the poor and needy— even the brokenhearted—with deadly intent!

Psalm 109:16 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 42:21

Then they said to one another, “In truth we are guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he besought us and we would not listen; therefore is this distress come upon us.”

Psalm 10:14

Thou dost see; yea, thou dost note trouble and vexation, that thou mayst take it into thy hands; the hapless commits himself to thee; thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.

Psalm 10:2

In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor; let them be caught in the schemes which they have devised.

Psalm 34:18

The Lord is near to the brokenhearted, and saves the crushed in spirit.

Psalm 37:14

The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows, to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those who walk uprightly;

Psalm 37:32

The wicked watches the righteous, and seeks to slay him.

Matthew 5:7

“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

James 2:13

For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy; yet mercy triumphs over judgment.