Psalms 69:30 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.”

Psalms 69:30

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Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:

Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.

But I {am} poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.

{This} also shall please the LORD better than an ox {or} bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

The humble shall see {this, and} be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God. {humble: or, meek}

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Psalms 69:1

"[To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, {A Psalm} of David.] Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto {my} soul."

Psalms 69:2

"I sink in deep mire, where {there is} no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. {deep mire: Heb. the mire of depth} {deep waters: Heb. depth of waters}"

Psalms 69:3

"I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God."

Psalms 69:4

"They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, {being} mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored {that} which I took not away."

Psalms 69:5

"O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee. {sins: Heb. guiltiness}"

Psalms 69:6

"Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel."

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