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Psalm 109

Psa. 109:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Because that he remembered
zakar (Hebrew #2142)
properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; also (as denominative from 2145) to be male
KJV usage: X burn (incense), X earnestly, be male, (make) mention (of), be mindful, recount, record(-er), remember, make to be remembered, bring (call, come, keep, put) to (in) remembrance, X still, think on, X well.
Pronounce: zaw-kar'
Origin: a primitive root
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`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
mercy
checed (Hebrew #2617)
kindness; by implication (towards God) piety: rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
KJV usage: favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-)kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.
Pronounce: kheh'-sed
Origin: from 2616
, but persecuted
radaph (Hebrew #7291)
to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)
KJV usage: chase, put to flight, follow (after, on), hunt, (be under) persecute(-ion, -or), pursue(-r).
Pronounce: raw-daf'
Origin: a primitive root
the poor
`aniy (Hebrew #6041)
depressed, in mind or circumstances (practically the same as 6035, although the margin constantly disputes this, making 6035 subjective and 6041 objective)
KJV usage: afflicted, humble, lowly, needy, poor.
Pronounce: aw-nee'
Origin: from 6031
and needy
'ebyown (Hebrew #34)
destitute
KJV usage: beggar, needy, poor (man).
Pronounce: eb-yone'
Origin: from 14, in the sense of want (especially in feeling)
man
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
, that he might even slay
muwth (Hebrew #4191)
causatively, to kill
KJV usage: X at all, X crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), X must needs, slay, X surely, X very suddenly, X in (no) wise.
Pronounce: mooth
Origin: a primitive root: to die (literally or figuratively)
the broken
ka'ah (Hebrew #3512)
to despond: causatively, to deject
KJV usage: broken, be grieved, make sad.
Pronounce: kaw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
in heart
lebab (Hebrew #3824)
the heart (as the most interior organ); used also like 3820
KJV usage: + bethink themselves, breast, comfortably, courage, ((faint), (tender-)heart((-ed)), midst, mind, X unawares, understanding.
Pronounce: lay-bawb'
Origin: from 3823
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Cross References

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he remembered.
2 Sam. 17:1‑2• 1And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me, I pray, choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David to-night;
 2and I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid; and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only; (2 Sam. 17:1‑2)
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Matt. 5:7• 7Blessed the merciful, for *they* shall find mercy. (Matt. 5:7)
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Matt. 18:33‑35• 33shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellow-bondman, as *I* also had compassion on thee?
 34And his lord being angry delivered him to the tormentors till he paid all that was owing to him.
 35Thus also my heavenly Father shall do to you if ye forgive not from your hearts every one his brother. (Matt. 18:33‑35)
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James 2:13• 13for judgment will be without mercy to him that has shewn no mercy. Mercy glories over judgment. (James 2:13)
persecuted.
Psa. 10:2,14• 2The wicked, in his pride, doth hotly pursue the afflicted. They shall be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
 14Thou hast seen it, for thou thyself beholdest trouble and vexation, to requite by thy hand. The wretched committeth himself unto thee; thou hast been the helper of the fatherless. (Psa. 10:2,14)
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Gen. 42:21• 21Then they said one to another, We are indeed guilty concerning our brother, whose anguish of soul we saw when he besought us, and we did not hearken; therefore this distress is come upon us. (Gen. 42:21)
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Job 19:2‑3,21‑22• 2How long will ye vex my soul, and crush me with words?
 3These ten times have ye reproached me; ye are not ashamed to stupefy me.
 21Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, ye my friends; for the hand of +God hath touched me.
 22Why do ye persecute me as *God, and are not satisfied with my flesh? (Job 19:2‑3,21‑22)
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Matt. 27:35‑46• 35And having crucified him, they parted his clothes amongst themselves, casting lots.
 36And sitting down, they kept guard over him there.
 37And they set up over his head his accusation written: This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.
 38Then are crucified with him two robbers, one on the right hand and one on the left.
 39But the passers-by reviled him, shaking their heads
 40and saying, Thou that destroyest the temple and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou art Son of God, descend from the cross.
 41And in like manner the chief priests also, mocking, with the scribes and elders, said,
 42He saved others, himself he cannot save. He is King of Israel: let him descend now from the cross, and we will believe on him.
 43He trusted upon God; let him save him now if he will have him. For he said, I am Son of God.
 44And the robbers also who had been crucified with him cast the same reproaches on him.
 45Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour;
 46but about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? (Matt. 27:35‑46)
slay.
Psa. 34:18• 18Jehovah is nigh to those that are of a broken heart, and saveth them that are of a contrite spirit. (Psa. 34:18)
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Psa. 69:20‑29• 20Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am overwhelmed: and I looked for sympathy, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
 21Yea, they gave me gall for my food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
 22Let their table become a snare before them, and their very welfare a trap;
 23Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not, and make their loins continually to shake.
 24Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let the fierceness of thine anger take hold of them.
 25Let their habitation be desolate; let there be no dweller in their tents.
 26For they persecute him whom *thou* hast smitten, and they talk for the sorrow of those whom thou hast wounded.
 27Add iniquity unto their iniquity, and let them not come into thy righteousness.
 28Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous.
 29But I am afflicted and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me secure on high. (Psa. 69:20‑29)
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2 Sam. 16:11‑12• 11And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, who came forth of my bowels, seeks my life: how much more now a Benjaminite? let him alone and let him curse; for Jehovah has bidden him.
 12It may be that Jehovah will look on mine affliction, and that Jehovah will requite me good for my being cursed this day. (2 Sam. 16:11‑12)
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Mark 14:34‑36• 34And he says to them, My soul is full of grief even unto death; abide here and watch.
 35And, going forward a little, he fell upon the earth; and he prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass away from him.
 36And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible to thee: take away this cup from me; but not what *I* will, but what *thou* wilt. (Mark 14:34‑36)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Because he remembered not to shew kindness, but persecuted the afflicted and needy man, and the broken in heart, to slay him.