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Psalm 109:26

Help me, LORD, my God. Save me according to your loving kindness;

24My knees are weak through fasting. My body is thin and lacks fat.
25I have also become a reproach to them. When they see me, they shake their head.
26Help me, LORD, my God. Save me according to your loving kindness;
27that they may know that this is your hand; that you, LORD, have done it.
28They may curse, but you bless. When they arise, they will be shamed, but your servant shall rejoice.
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Weak from fasting and met with scorn, the speaker asks for rescue on the strength of God’s loving kindness, while his distress remains unresolved.

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Where else Scripture says this

5 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 119:86All of your commandments are faithful. They persecute me wrongfully. Help me!Both prayers ask God for help amid hostility from other people.
Psalm 57:1For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A poem by David, when he fled from Saul, in the cave. Be merciful to me, God, be merciful to me, for …Both speakers turn to God amid danger, appealing to his mercy or loving kindness for protection.
Psalm 25:7Don’t remember the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions. Remember me according to your loving kindness, for your goodness’ sake, LORD.Both prayers ask God to act according to his loving kindness, one seeking rescue and the other remembrance despite sins.
Psalm 69:13But as for me, my prayer is to you, LORD, in an acceptable time. God, in the abundance of your loving kindness, answer me in the truth of your salvation.Both prayers appeal to God’s loving kindness as they ask him to save.
Hebrews 5:7He, in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and petitions with strong crying and tears to him who was able to save him from death, and having been …Both passages bring urgent pleas for rescue to God, the one able to save.
Where this verse fits

Injustice and anger. fear for the future. wanting a steady prayer habit.

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The plea is brief enough for a person worn down by scorn. Its hope rests in the loving kindness of the God it addresses.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).