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Psalms 69:33 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" For the LORD hears the needy, and doesn’t despise his captive people. "
Psalms 69:33
Verse in Context
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31 It will please the LORD better than an ox, or a bull that has horns and hoofs.
32 The humble have seen it, and are glad. You who seek after God, let your heart live.
33 For the LORD hears the needy, and doesn’t despise his captive people.
34 Let heaven and earth praise him; the seas, and everything that moves therein!
35 For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah. They shall settle there, and own it.
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Psalms 69:1
"Save me, God, for the waters have come up to my neck!"
Psalms 69:2
"I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold. I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me."
Psalms 69:3
"I am weary with my crying. My throat is dry. My eyes fail looking for my God."
Psalms 69:4
"Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who want to cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. I have to restore what I didn’t take away."
Psalms 69:5
"God, you know my foolishness. My sins aren’t hidden from you."
Psalms 69:6
"Don’t let those who wait for you be shamed through me, Lord GOD of Armies. Don’t let those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me, God of Israel."
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