Psalms 69:33

69:33 For the Lord listens to the needy;

he does not despise his captive people. ¹ 

Psalms 102:17

102:17 when he responds to the prayer of the destitute, ² 

and does not reject ³  their request. ⁴ 

[69:33]  ¹ tn Heb “his prisoners he does not despise.”

[102:17]  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”).

[102:17]  ³ tn Heb “despise.”

[102:17]  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.