Psalms 69:33

For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
LORD	יְהוָ֑ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
heareth	שֹׁמֵ֣עַ sho.Me.a'	H8085	to hear intelligently (often with implication of attent… · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
poor	אֶבְיוֹנִ֣ים 'ev.yo.Nim	H34	destitute · adjective, masculine plural absolute
despiseth	בָזָֽה va.Zah	H959	to disesteem · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
prisoners	אֲ֝סִירָ֗יו 'a.si.Rav	H615	bound · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Psalms 68:6 God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
Acts 5:18-19 And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.
Zechariah 9:11-12 As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.
Revelation 2:10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall…
Psalms 146:7 Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:
Luke 4:18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted,…
Psalms 12:5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffe…
Ephesians 3:1 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 69:30–end

The psalmist here, both as a type of Christ and as an example to Christians, concludes a psalm with holy joy and praise which he began with complaints and remonstrances of his griefs. I. He resolves to praise God himself, not doubting but that therein he should be accepted of him (Psa 69:30, Psa 69:31): "I will praise the name of God, not only with my heart, but with my song, and magnify him with thanksgiving;" for he is pleased to reckon himself magnified by the thankful praises of his people. It is intimated that all Christians ought to glorify God with their praises, in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs. And this shall please the Lord, through Christ the Mediator of our praises as we…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 69:33

prisoners--peculiarly liable to be despised.

John Gill on Psalms 69:33

For the Lord heareth the poor,.... The prayer of the poor, as the Targum; of the poor disciples of Christ, who were together mourning, weeping, and praying, when their Lord was dead, and laid in the sepulchre, Mark 16:10; this epithet agrees with all the followers of Christ, who for the most part are literally poor, and are all of them so in a spiritual sense; they are poor in spirit, and are sensible of it; they are full of wants, and these daily return upon them; wherefore they constantly apply to the throne of grace for help in time of need; and the Lord regards them, his eye is upon them, his heart is towards them, his thoughts are about them, his ears are open to their cries, and his ha…

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John Calvin on Psalms 69:30-33

Psalm 69:30-33 30. I will celebrate the name of God in a song, and I will magnify him in praise. [98] 31. And this will please Jehovah more than a young bullock that hath horns and hoofs. 32. The afflicted have seen it, and those who seek God shall rejoice at it; and your heart shall live. 33. For Jehovah hath hearkened to the afflicted; and hath not despised his prisoners. 30. I will celebrate the name of God in a song. The Psalmist now elevated with joy, and sustained by the confident hope of deliverance, sings the triumphant strains of victory. This psalm, there is every reason to believe, was composed after he had been delivered from all apprehension of dangers; but there can be no dou…

The Church Fathers

"For the Lord hath hearkened to the poor." He hath hearkened to the poor, and He would not have hearkened to the poor, unless they were poor. Wilt thou be hearkened to? Poor be thou: let sorrow cry out from thee, and not fastidiousness. "And His fettered ones He hath not despised." Being offended at His servants, He hath put them in fetters: but them crying from the fetters He hath not despised. What are these fetters? Mortality, the corruptibleness of the flesh are the fetters wherewith we have been bound. And would ye know the weight of these fetters? Of them is said, "The body which is corrupted weigheth down the soul." Whenever men in the world will to be rich, for these fetters they are seeking rags. But let the rags of the fetters suffice: seek so much as is necessary for keeping off want, but when thou seekest superfluities, thou longest to load thy fetters. In such a prison then let the fetters abide even alone. "Sufficient for the day be the evil thereof."
— Augustine of Hippo, ON THE PSALMS, Psalm 69

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Dictionary and topics

Gall — (1) Heb. mererah, meaning “bitterness” (Job 16:13); i.e., the bile secreted in the liver. This word is also used of the poison of asps (20:14), and of the vitals, the seat of life (25). (2.) Heb.…
Gin — A trap. (1.) Ps. 140:5, 141:9, Amos 3:5, the Hebrew word used, mokesh, means a noose or “snare,” as it is elsewhere rendered (Ps. 18:5; Prov. 13:14, etc.). (2.) Job 18:9, Isa. 8:14, Heb. pah, a plate…
Humility — A prominent Christian grace (Rom. 12:3; 15:17, 18; 1 Cor. 3:5-7; 2 Cor. 3:5; Phil. 4:11-13). It is a state of mind well pleasing to God (1 Pet. 3:4); it preserves the soul in tranquillity (Ps. 69:32,…
Psalms, Book Of — The present Hebrew name of the book is Tehill’im, “Praises;” but in the actual superscriptions of the psalms the word Tehillah is applied only to one, (Psalms 145:1) ... which is indeed emphatically…
Shoshannim — Lilies, the name of some musical instrument, probably like a lily in shape (Ps. 45; 69, title). Some think that an instrument of six strings is meant.
Poor, The · God: Hears — God: Hears

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Psalms 69:33

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 69:30–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 69:33

John Gill on Psalms 69:33

John Calvin on Psalms 69:30-33

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 69:33

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 69:30–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 69:33

John Gill on Psalms 69:33

John Calvin on Psalms 69:30-33

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 69:22–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 69:32-33

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 69:33