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Psalm 69

Psa. 69:29 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But I am poor
`aniy (Hebrew #6041)
depressed, in mind or circumstances (practically the same as 6035, although the margin constantly disputes this, making 6035 subjective and 6041 objective)
KJV usage: afflicted, humble, lowly, needy, poor.
Pronounce: aw-nee'
Origin: from 6031
and sorrowful
ka'ab (Hebrew #3510)
properly, to feel pain; by implication, to grieve; figuratively, to spoil
KJV usage: grieving, mar, have pain, make sad (sore), (be) sorrowful.
Pronounce: kaw-ab'
Origin: a primitive root
: let thy salvation
yshuw`ah (Hebrew #3444)
something saved, i.e. (abstractly) deliverance; hence, aid, victory, prosperity
KJV usage: deliverance, health, help(-ing), salvation, save, saving (health), welfare.
Pronounce: yesh-oo'-aw
Origin: feminine passive participle of 3467
, O God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
, set me up on high
sagab (Hebrew #7682)
a primitive root; to be (causatively, make) lofty, especially inaccessible; by implication, safe, strong; used literally and figuratively --defend, exalt, be excellent, (be, set on) high, lofty, be safe, set up (on high), be too strong.
Pronounce: saw-gab'
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Ministry on This Verse

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I am poor.
Psa. 40:17• 17But I poor and needy—the Lord considereth me.{HR}My help and deliverer [art] thou; O my God, delay not. (Psa. 40:17)
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Psa. 109:22,31• 22For as to me I [am] poor and needy,{HR}And my heart wounded within me.
 31For he standeth on the right hand of the needy{HR}To save [him] from those that judge his soul. (Psa. 109:22,31)
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Isa. 53:2‑3• 2For he shall grow up before him as a tender sapling, and as a root out of dry ground; he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we see him, [there is] no beauty that we should desire him.
 3He is despised and shunned of men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and like one from whom they hide [their] faces, he was despised, and we esteemed him not. (Isa. 53:2‑3)
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Matt. 8:20• 20{i}And Jesus says to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven roosting-places; but the Son of man has not where he may lay his head.{/i} (Matt. 8:20)
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2 Cor. 8:9• 9For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that for your sakes he being rich became poor, in order that ye by his poverty might become rich. (2 Cor. 8:9)
let thy.
Psa. 18:48• 48My deliverer from mine enemies yea,{HR}Thou liftest me up from among those who rise up against me,{HR}From a man of violence thou deliverest me. (Psa. 18:48)
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Psa. 22:27‑31• 27All the ends of the earth shall remember{HR}And shall turn unto Jehovah,{HR}And all tribes of Gentiles shall bow down before thee.
 28For the kingdom is Jehovah's;{HR}And he ruleth among the Gentiles.
 29All the fat ones of the earth have eaten and shall bow down;{HR}Before him shall bend all those who go down to the dust,{HR}And he [who] hath not kept alive his soul.
 30A seed shall serve him;{HR}It shall be declared by the Lord to the generation;
 31They shall come and shall tell his righteousness{HR}To a people that shall be born,{HR}That he hath done [it]. (Psa. 22:27‑31)
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Psa. 89:26‑27• 26{i}He{/i} shall call upon me, My father [art] {i}thou,{/i}{HR}My God (El) and the rock of my salvation.
 27And for me, I will make him first-born,{HR}Highest of kings of earth. (Psa. 89:26‑27)
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Psa. 91:14‑16• 14Because he hath set his love on me,{HR}I too will deliver him;{HR}I will set him on high,{HR}Because he knoweth my name.
 15He shall call me, and I will answer him;{HR}With him [am] I in trouble;{HR}I will deliver him and glorify him.
 16[With] length of days will I satisfy him,{HR}And show him my salvation. (Psa. 91:14‑16)
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Eph. 1:21‑22• 21far above every principality and authority and power and lordship and every name named not only in this age but also in that to come;
 22and put all things under his feet, and gave him as head over all things to the assembly, (Eph. 1:21‑22)
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Phil. 2:9‑11• 9Wherefore also God highly exalted him, and gave him the name that [is] above every name,
 10that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of heavenly and earthly and infernal [beings],
 11and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ [is] Lord, unto God [the] Father's glory. (Phil. 2:9‑11)
• If, however, the sufferings of Christ at the hands of men lead to judgment of the nation, they will also have a glorious answer in the exaltation of Christ. Therefore, though “poor and sorrowful,” the Lord can say, “Let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.” (“Psalm 69” by H. Smith)
• Their only encouragement is to look forward to the time when the Lord will intervene in judgment on their behalf. This causes them to rejoice with thanksgiving and praise (vs. 29-36). (“Book 2.” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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But I am afflicted and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me secure on high.

W. Kelly Translation

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But I [am] poor and sorrowful:{HR}Let thy salvation, O God, set me on, high.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)