"For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession."
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Verse Psalms 69:35. _GOD WILL SAVE ZION_] This fixes the Psalm to the
time of the captivity. There was no _Zion_ belonging to the Jews in
the time of _Saul_, when those suppose the Psalm to be written...
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FOR GOD WILL SAVE ZION - See the notes at Psalms 51:18. That is, he
will save his people; he will protect and defend them. This expresses
the confident assurance of the psalmist that, whatever might b...
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PSALM 69-72
Psalms 69
The Suffering and Rejected Christ
_ 1. Hated without a cause (Psalms 69:1)_
2. Bearing reproach (Psalms 69:7)
3. His own prayer (Psalms 69:13)
4. The retribution (Psalms 6...
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LXIX. A PRAYER FOR DELIVERANCE AND REVENGE. The author was a pious
Jew, burning with zeal for the purity of the Temple worship (Psalms
69:9). He was a representative man, so that the reproaches of tho...
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ZION. See App-68.
WILL BUILD. This is prophecy; for David was "a prophet" (Acts 2:30).
DWELL, &C. Not merely dwell and possess, but inherit and hand down.
HAVE IT IN POSSESSION. inherit it. Note th...
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In contrast to the fate which his enemies deserve, the Psalmist looks
forward to his own deliverance, and predicts the restoration of
Jerusalem and the reestablishment there of the true people of God....
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PSALMS 69
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
Pictures of Distress and Outcries for Deliverance, followed by
Imprecations on Cruel Enemies, and by Promises of Praise.
ANALYSIS
This psalm is almost certainly Composit...
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_LET THE HEAVEN AND EARTH PRAISE HIM, THE SEAS, AND EVERYTHING THAT
MOVETH THEREIN._
-Call to heaven and earth to praise God, since the sufferers
deliverance is a pledge that God will save Zion, lite...
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This whole Ps. should be compared with Psalms 22:31, 35, 38,, 40. It
is the prayer of one who is in deep distress, wrongfully persecuted by
enemies, and conscious that, though he is sinful, his suffer...
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PSALMS 42:72
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
Words in boxes are from the Bible.
Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end.
The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
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_[Psalms 69:36]_ כִּ֤י אֱלֹהִ֨ים ׀
יֹ֘ושִׁ֤יעַ צִיֹּ֗ון וְ֭ יִבְנֶה
עָרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֑ה וְ יָ֥שְׁבוּ שָׁ֝֗ם
וִ...
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Psalms 69:1
THE Davidic authorship of this psalm is evidently untenable, if for no
other reason, yet because of the state of things presupposed in Psalms
69:35. The supposition that Jeremiah was the a...
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“JEHOVAH HEARETH THE NEEDY”
Psalms 69:18
In Psalms 69:19 the psalmist again spreads out his griefs before God.
He had looked for pity, but his foes only aggravated his sufferings.
Both Matthew and Jo...
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Perhaps in no psalm in the whole psalter is the sense of sorrow
profounder or more intense than in this. The soul of the singer pours
itself out in unrestrained abandonment to the overwhelming and
ter...
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Christ had an eye to the glory that should be revealed, in all his
sufferings. So saith the Holy Ghost; by the apostle, when he calls
upon his people to be looking unto him, Hebrews 12:2. And hence th...
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Psalms 69. The state of soul of which this most important psalm is the
expression demands the utmost attention and patient inquiry. We have
all along seen the remnant of Israel before us, or Christ as...
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FOR GOD WILL SAVE ZION,.... The church of Christ, as it is often
called; Psalms 2:6; this is to be understood not so much of the
salvation of the people of God, by Christ, from sin and Satan, and the...
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For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they
may dwell there, and have it in possession.
Ver. 35. _For God will save Zion_] _i.e._ The Church universal.
_ And will build the...
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_Let the heaven and earth praise him_ Let angels and men, the visible
and invisible world, and all creatures contained therein, join
together to celebrate him with their highest praises; for “the
merc...
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PLEA FOR VENGEANCE...
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30-36 The psalmist concludes the psalm with holy joy and praise, which
he began with complaints of his grief. It is a great comfort to us,
that humble and thankful praises are more pleasing to God tha...
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ZION; the city of Zion or Jerusalem; and his church and people, which
are frequently expressed under that title. THEY; the _humble and
poor_, PSALMS 69:32,33, or _his servants_, as is explained in the...
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Psalms 69:35 God H430 save H3467 (H8686) Zion H6726 build H1129
(H8799) cities H5892 Judah H3063 dwell H3427 (H8804) possess H3423
(H8804)
God - Psalms 51:18, Psalms 102:13, Psalms 102:16,
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CONTENTS: David complains of great distress and begs God to succor
him.
CHARACTERS: God, David.
CONCLUSION: When the waters of affliction rise about us, the only
course is to commit the keeping of o...
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The Chaldee paraphrase ascribes this psalm to David, and with great
care regards it as highly prophetic of the Messiah. St. Paul therefore
knew the high authority he had, in quoting it against the Jew...
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_I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify Him with
thanksgiving._
MORAL STATES OF MIND WORTHY OF CULTIVATION
I. A noble resolution (Psalms 69:30). There are many ways of praising...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 69:1. This is an individual lament. A
faithful Israelite is suffering for wrongs he has done (v. Psalms
69:5). Attackers take advantage of his suffering and make it worse (v...
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INTRODUCTION
_Superscription_.—“To the chief musician upon Shoshannim, a Psalm
of David.”
“_To the chief musician_.” See the introduction to Psalms 57.
“_Upon Shoshannim_. See the introduction to Psa...
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EXPOSITION
THIS is the cry of one suffering severely from men, partly on account
of his own sins (Psalms 69:5), but mainly for the sake of God (Psalms
69:7). It is said to be "written in the style of...
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The sixty-ninth psalm is a Messianic psalm. That is, it is a psalm of
prophecy concerning Jesus Christ. And there are many scriptures within
the psalm here that make reference to Jesus Christ.
Save me...
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Ezekiel 36:35; Ezekiel 36:36; Isaiah 14:32; Isaiah 44:26; Isaiah
46:13; Jeremiah 33:10; Jeremiah 33:11; Psalms 102:13; Psalms 102:16;...
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Sion — His church and people. They — His servants, as is explained
in the following verse. There — In the literal Canaan for a long
time, in the heavenly Canaan for ever....