“ For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners. ”
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 th...
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.
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 o...
poor . helpless. Hebrew. ebyon. See note on Proverbs 6:11 .
DISCOURSE: 613 HUMBLE SOULS ENCOURAGED Psalms 69:32-33 . Your heart shall live that seek God. For the Lord heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners. SWEETLY encouraging are the record...
For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners. 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...
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...
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 suf...
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...
Psalms 69:1-36 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...
“Jehovah Heareth the Needy” Psalms 69:18-36 In Psalms 69:19-21 the psalmist again spreads out his griefs before God. He had looked for pity, but his foes only aggravated his sufferings. Both...
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 te...
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...
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 th...
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 thi...
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...
Comfort for the Persecuted; Thanksgiving and Praise. 30 I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him...
Those who are in prison, or any straits and afflictions for his sake; which is my case, Psalms 69:7 .
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...
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 Je...
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 prai...
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 69:7-19 ). It is said to be "written i...
Plea for Vengeance
Acts 12:4-11 ; Acts 5:18 ; Acts 5:19 ; Ephesians 3:1 ; Isaiah 66:2 ; Luke 4:18 ; Psalms 10:17 ; Psalms 102:17 ; Psalms 102:20 ; Psalms 34:6 ; Psalms 72:12-14 ; Psalms 107:10 ; Psalms 146...
Prisoners — Those who are in prison or affliction for his sake.