Psalms 69:29
(69-30) But I am afflicted and in pain; let Thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.
In Context
28(69-29) Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.
30(69-31) I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify Him with thanksgiving.
Cross References
Psalms 18:48(18-49) He delivereth me from mine enemies; yea, Thou liftest me up above them that rise up against me; Thou deliverest me from the violent man.
Psalms 22:27(22-28) All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto the LORD; and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before Thee.
Psalms 59:1(59-1) For the Leader; Al-tashheth. A Psalm of David; Michtam; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him. (59-2) Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God; set me on high from them that rise up against me.
Psalms 89:26(89-27) He shall call unto Me: Thou art my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
Psalms 109:22For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
Isaiah 53:2For he shot up right forth as a sapling, and as a root out of a dry ground; he had no form nor comeliness, that we should look upon him, nor beauty that we should delight in him.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 69:23-30
Pleading with God; Prophetic Imprecations. 22 Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap. 23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake. 24 Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them. 25 Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents. 26 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast… Read the whole commentary →