Psalms 109:22

For I am oppressed and needy, and my heart beats violently within me. ¹ 

For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.

For I am afflicted and needy, And my heart is wounded within me.

For I am poor and needy, and my heart is full of pain.

I'm at the end of my rope, my life in ruins.

For I am poor and in need, and my heart is wounded in me.

For I am poor and needy, and my heart is pierced within me.

For I am poor and needy, And my heart is wounded within me.

For I am oppressed and needy, and my heart beats violently within me. ¹ 

¹ tc The verb in the Hebrew text (חָלַל, khalal) appears to be a Qal form from the root חלל meaning “pierced; wounded.” However, the Qal of this root is otherwise unattested. The translation assumes an emendation to יָחִיל (yakhil), a Qal imperfect from חוּל (khul, “tremble”) or to חֹלַל (kholal), a polal perfect from חוּל (khul). See Ps 55:4, which reads לִבִּי יָחִיל בְּקִרְבִּי (libbiy yakhil bÿqirbbiy, “my heart trembles [i.e., “beats violently”] within me”).