For the Lord heareth the poor, listening attentively and graciously to the voice of those who feel their need of salvation, and despiseth not His prisoners, those who have so long been bound by the fetters of sin and its consequences. Therefore the psalm ends with a triumphant burst of praise in honor of the salvation of God, as revealed and obtained in the Messiah.
Verse Psalms 69:33. _FOR THE LORD HEARETH THE POOR_] אביונים _ebyonim, of the_ _beggars_. He perhaps refers here to the case of the captives, many of whom were reduced to the most abject state, so as...
FOR THE LORD HEARETH THE POOR - The needy; the humble; the unprotected. The reference is to those who are in circumstances of want and distress. The truth stated here is in accordance with all that is...
PSALM 69-72 Psalms 69 The Suffering and Rejected Christ _ 1. Hated without a cause (Psalms 69:1)_ 2. Bearing reproach (Psalms 69:7) 3. His own prayer ...
LXIX. A PRAYER FOR DELIVERANCE AND REVENGE. The author was a pious Jew, burning with zeal for the purity of the Temple worship (Psalms 69:9). He was a representative man, so that the reproaches of tho...
POOR. helpless. Hebrew. _ebyon._ See note on Proverbs 6:11....
In contrast to the fate which his enemies deserve, the Psalmist looks forward to his own deliverance, and predicts the restoration of Jerusalem and the reestablishment there of the true people of God....
_the poor_ R.V. the needy, as Psalms 9:18; Jeremiah 20:13, and frequently. _his prisoners_ Though He has cast them into the prison of captivity for their sins, He will not reject their prayers. Cp. Ps...
DISCOURSE: 613 HUMBLE SOULS ENCOURAGED Psalms 69:32. _Your heart shall live that seek God. For the Lord heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners._ SWEETLY encouraging are the records of God’...
PSALMS 69 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Pictures of Distress and Outcries for Deliverance, followed by Imprecations on Cruel Enemies, and by Promises of Praise. ANALYSIS This psalm is almost certainly Composit...
_I WILL PRAISE THE NAME OF GOD WITH A SONG, AND WILL MAGNIFY HIM WITH THANKSGIVING._ -He resolves because of the anticipation of glorification (Psalms 69:29), to praise God, and hopes that his delive...
This whole Ps. should be compared with Psalms 22:31, 35, 38,, 40. It is the prayer of one who is in deep distress, wrongfully persecuted by enemies, and conscious that, though he is sinful, his suffer...
HIS PRISONERS] perhaps an allusion to the victims of the first captivity (2 Kings 24:10)....
PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
FOR THE LORD. — This and the following verses evidently bring the psalm within the circle of literature, of which Isaiah 65:17 _seq.,_ is the noblest example — the literature inspired by the hope of t...
_[Psalms 69:34]_ כִּֽי ־שֹׁמֵ֣עַ אֶל ־אֶבְיֹונִ֣ים יְהוָ֑ה...
Psalms 69:1 THE Davidic authorship of this psalm is evidently untenable, if for no other reason, yet because of the state of things presupposed in Psalms 69:35. The supposition that Jeremiah was the a...
“JEHOVAH HEARETH THE NEEDY” Psalms 69:18 In Psalms 69:19 the psalmist again spreads out his griefs before God. He had looked for pity, but his foes only aggravated his sufferings. Both Matthew and Jo...
Perhaps in no psalm in the whole psalter is the sense of sorrow profounder or more intense than in this. The soul of the singer pours itself out in unrestrained abandonment to the overwhelming and ter...
For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his (z) prisoners. (z) For as he delivered his servant David, so will he do for all that are in distress and call on him....
Christ had an eye to the glory that should be revealed, in all his sufferings. So saith the Holy Ghost; by the apostle, when he calls upon his people to be looking unto him, Hebrews 12:2. And hence th...
Psalms 69. The state of soul of which this most important psalm is the expression demands the utmost attention and patient inquiry. We have all along seen the remnant of Israel before us, or Christ as...
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 s...
For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners. Ver. 33. _For the Lord heareth the poor_] He is the poor man's king, the wronged man's refuge; Trajan the emperor is renowned for this,...
_The humble shall see this_ Shall see, in my case, how ready God is to hear the poor and distressed when they cry to him, and to grant their petitions, and how far he is from _despising his prisoners_...
30-36 The psalmist concludes the psalm with holy joy and praise, which he began with complaints of his grief. It is a great comfort to us, that humble and thankful praises are more pleasing to God th...
Those who are in prison, or any straits and afflictions for his sake; which is my case, PSALMS 69:7....
Psalms 69:33 LORD H3068 hears H8085 (H8802) poor H34 despise H959 (H8804) prisoners H615 the Lord -...
CONTENTS: David complains of great distress and begs God to succor him. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: When the waters of affliction rise about us, the only course is to commit the keeping of o...
The Chaldee paraphrase ascribes this psalm to David, and with great care regards it as highly prophetic of the Messiah. St. Paul therefore knew the high authority he had, in quoting it against the Jew...
_For the Lord heareth the poor, and despiseth not His prisoners._ POOR PRISONERS “The Lord heareth the poor,” spiritually poor. Let us notice first what this does not mean, in order to get clearly at...
_I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify Him with thanksgiving._ MORAL STATES OF MIND WORTHY OF CULTIVATION I. A noble resolution (Psalms 69:30). There are many ways of praising...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 69:1. This is an individual lament. A faithful Israelite is suffering for wrongs he has done (v. Psalms 69:5). Attackers take advantage of his
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 69:29 The writer promises to MAGNIFY God with public THANKSGIVING when God saves him from his enemies (SET ME ON HIGH).
INTRODUCTION _Superscription_.—“To the chief musician upon Shoshannim, a Psalm of David.” “_To the chief musician_.” See the introduction to Psalms 57. “_Upon Shoshannim_. See the introduction to Psa...
EXPOSITION THIS is the cry of one suffering severely from men, partly on account of his own sins (Psalms 69:5), but mainly for the sake of God (Psalms 69:7). It is said to be "written in the style of...
The sixty-ninth psalm is a Messianic psalm. That is, it is a psalm of prophecy concerning Jesus Christ. And there are many scriptures within the psalm here that make reference to Jesus Christ. Save me...
Acts 12:4; Acts 5:18; Acts 5:19; Ephesians 3:1; Isaiah 66:2;...
Prisoners — Those who are in prison or affliction for his sake....