Sálmarnir 69:33

Heilögum Biblíunni

33 (69:34) Því að Drottinn hlustar á hina fátæku og fyrirlítur eigi bandingja sína.

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the Lord: Psalms 10:17, Psalms 34:6, Psalms 72:12-14, Psalms 102:17, Psalms 102:20, Isaiah 66:2, Luke 4:18

his prisoners: Psalms 107:10, Psalms 146:7, Zechariah 9:11, Zechariah 9:12, Acts 5:18, Acts 5:19, Acts 12:4-11, Ephesians 3:1, Revelation 2:10

Reciprocal: Job 10:3 - despise Psalms 28:6 - General Psalms 35:10 - which Psalms 40:17 - I am poor Psalms 79:11 - sighing Psalms 116:1 - because Psalms 118:21 - General Isaiah 49:9 - to the Jeremiah 20:13 - for Lamentations 3:34 - all Zechariah 11:11 - so 1 John 5:14 - he

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For the Lord heareth the poor,.... The prayer of the poor, as the Targum; of the poor disciples of Christ, who were together mourning, weeping, and praying, when their Lord was dead, and laid in the sepulchre, Mark 16:10; this epithet agrees with all the followers of Christ, who for the most part are literally poor, and are all of them so in a spiritual sense; they are poor in spirit, and are sensible of it; they are full of wants, and these daily return upon them; wherefore they constantly apply to the throne of grace for help in time of need; and the Lord regards them, his eye is upon them, his heart is towards them, his thoughts are about them, his ears are open to their cries, and his hand is ready to supply their wants;

and despiseth not his prisoners; the same disciples of Christ; who being assembled together, the doors were shut for fear of the Jews,

John 20:19; it may be applied to such who are the Lord's prisoners; that is, for his sake, in a literal sense, as the Apostle Paul is called the prisoner of the Lord, Ephesians 3:1; and there were many, both under the Old and under the New Testament, that suffered imprisonment for their profession of religion; and these the Lord despises not, though men may, but highly esteems and honours; and it may be understood mystically and spiritually of such as are, in their nature state, prisoner of sin and Satan, and the law, and, when called, are prisoners of hope; these the Lord has a regard unto, and opens the prison doors and sets them at and directs them to the strong hold,

Isaiah 49:9.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For the Lord heareth the poor - The needy; the humble; the unprotected. The reference is to those who are in circumstances of want and distress. The truth stated here is in accordance with all that is said in the Scriptures. Compare the notes at Psalms 34:6. See also Job 5:15; Psalms 10:14; Psalms 12:5; Psalms 35:10; Psalms 68:10.

And despiseth not his prisoners - He does not overlook them; he does not treat them as if they were worthy of no attention or regard. The word “prisoners” here may refer to those who are, as it were, bound by affliction under his own providential dealings; or to those who are oppressed, or are held as captives, or are thrown into prison, on his account. The particular reference here seems to be to David, and to those associated with him, who were straitened or deprived of their freedom in the cause of God.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 69:33. For the Lord heareth the poor — אביונים ebyonim, of the beggars. He perhaps refers here to the case of the captives, many of whom were reduced to the most abject state, so as to be obliged to beg bread from their heathen oppressors.

His prisoners. — The captives, shut up by his judgments in Chaldea, without any civil liberty, like culprits in a prison.