Psalm 69:35 - Printer Friendly

ESV: For God will save Zion and build up the cities of Judah, and people shall dwell there and possess it;

NIV: for God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah. Then people will settle there and possess it;

NASB: For God will save Zion and build the cities of Judah, So that they may live there and possess it.

CSB: for God will save Zion and build up the cities of Judah. They will live there and possess it.

NLT: For God will save Jerusalem and rebuild the towns of Judah. His people will live there and settle in their own land.

KJV: For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.

NKJV: For God will save Zion And build the cities of Judah, That they may dwell there and possess it.

Psalm 69:30–36 presents another shift in tone and focus. Here, the emphasis is on David's plans to worship God; he anticipates being rescued from harm according to his prayers (Psalm 69:29). David is confident that the Lord cares for those who are persecuted. He calls for universal worship and praise of God and looks forward to a future when God's people are finally at peace.

David opens with a passionate plea for God's rescue. He feels as if he is drowning among enemies and liars. These opponents hate David for his loyalty to the Lord. They even hate him for faithfully continuing to practice his faith. David wants more than to be rescued, however. He calls on God to bring brutal justice to these enemies, including seeing them die with no hope of eternity. David closes the psalm on a more positive note: planning to worship God. This means he fully expects God's long-awaited answer to come in the form of rescue.

David gives no explicit event as the inspiration for his writing. This psalm has messianic overtones, and it is frequently quoted in the New Testament (John 2:17; 15:25; Romans 11:9–10; Acts 1:20). It is also an imprecatory psalm: a call for God to severely punish His enemies. The words of this psalm may have been set to the same musical tune as psalm 45. Similar psalms include 35, 40, and 109.

The book of Psalms is composed of individual songs, hymns, or poems, each of which is a ''Psalm'' in and of itself. These works contain a wide variety of themes. Some Psalms focus on praising and worshipping God. Others cry out in anguish over the pain of life. Still other Psalms look forward to the coming of the Messiah. While some Psalms are related, each has its own historical and biblical context.

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