Psalms 69:29
And I [am] afflicted and pained, Thy salvation, O God, doth set me on high.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.
In Context
28They are blotted out of the book of life, And with the righteous are not written.
30I praise the name of God with a song, And I magnify Him with thanksgiving,
Cross References
Psalms 18:48My deliverer from mine enemies, Above my withstanders Thou raisest me, From a man of violence dost deliver me.
Psalms 22:27Remember and return unto Jehovah, Do all ends of the earth, And before Thee bow themselves, Do all families of the nations,
Psalms 59:1To the Overseer. — 'Destroy not,' by David. — A secret treasure, in Saul's sending, and they watch the house to put him to death. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God, From my withstanders set me on high.
Psalms 89:26He proclaimeth me: 'Thou [art] my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.'
Psalms 109:22For I [am] poor and needy, And my heart hath been pierced in my midst.
Isaiah 53:2Yea, he cometh up as a tender plant before Him, And as a root out of a dry land, He hath no form, nor honour, when we observe him, Nor appearance, when we desire 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 →