69:33 For the Lord listens to the needy;
he does not despise his captive people. 1
102:17 when he responds to the prayer of the destitute, 2
and does not reject 3 their request. 4
1 tn Heb “his prisoners he does not despise.”
2 tn The Hebrew adjective עַרְעָר (’arar, “destitute”) occurs only here in the OT. It is derived from the verbal root ערר (“to strip oneself”).
3 tn Heb “despise.”
4 tn The perfect verbal forms in vv. 16-17 are functioning as future perfects, indicating future actions that will precede the future developments described in v. 15.