Psalms 69:29-33

Context

69:29 I am oppressed and suffering!

O God, deliver and protect me!¹

69:30 I will sing praises to God’s name!²

I will magnify him as I give him thanks!³

69:31 That will please the Lord more than an ox or a bull

with horns and hooves.

69:32 The oppressed look on – let them rejoice!

You who seek God,⁴ may you be encouraged!⁵

69:33 For the Lord listens to the needy;

he does not despise his captive people.⁶

[69:29] ¹tn Heb “your deliverance, O God, may it protect me.”

[69:30] ²tn Heb “I will praise the name of God with a song.”

[69:30] ³tn Heb “I will magnify him with thanks.”

[69:32] ⁴sn You who seek God refers to those who seek to have a relationship with God by obeying and worshiping him (see Ps 53:2).

[69:32] ⁵tn Heb “may your heart[s] live.” See Ps 22:26.

[69:33] ⁶tn Heb “his prisoners he does not despise.”