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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 69:30-36

The psalmist here, both as a type of Christ and as an example to Christians, concludes a psalm with holy joy and praise which he began with complaints and remonstrances of his griefs. I. He resolves to praise God himself, not doubting but that therein he should be accepted of him (Ps. 69:30, 31): ?I will praise the name of God, not only with my heart, but with my song, and magnify him with thanksgiving;? for he is pleased to reckon himself magnified by the thankful praises of his people. It is... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 69:34

Let the heaven and earth praise him ,.... As those, by a prosopopoeia, are often called upon to do, to express the greatness of the favour enjoyed, and to excite those that are possessed of it to greater joy and thankfulness; see Psalm 96:11 ; or the inhabitants of the heavens and earth may be meant, as the angels of heaven; and so the Targum interprets it; who, as they praised the Lord at the incarnation of Christ, Luke 2:14 ; so doubtless they did at his ascension, when he was seen and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 69:35

For God will save Zion ,.... The church of Christ, as it is often called; See Gill on Psalm 2:6 ; this is to be understood not so much of the salvation of the people of God, by Christ, from sin and Satan, and the world, law, hell, and death, as of the preservation and continuance of the Gospel church state, notwithstanding all the opposition and persecution of the Jews and Gentiles; and especially of the deliverance of the Lord's people, in the latter day, from the cruelty, captivity, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 69:36

The seed also of his servants shall inherit it ,.... Not their natural, but spiritual seed, or a succession of converts in the churches; see Psalm 45:16 ; who are born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God; not of corruptible, but incorruptible seed, by the word of God, which lives and abides for ever, John 1:13 ; these are the proper and rightful inheritors of the Gospel church state, and all its privileges, in all successive generations, quite... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 69:34

Let the heaven and earth praise him - The psalmist has the fullest confidence that God will turn their captivity, and therefore calls upon all creatures to magnify him for his mercy. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 69:35

God will save Zion - This fixes the Psalm to the time of the captivity. There was no Zion belonging to the Jews in the time of Saul, when those suppose the Psalm to be written who make David the author; for David after he came to the throne, won the stronghold of Zion from the Jebusites. 2 Samuel 5:7 ; 1 Chronicles 11:5 . Will build the cities of Judah - This refers to the return from the captivity, when all the destroyed cities should be rebuilt, and the Jews repossess their... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 69:34

Verse 34 34.Let the heavens and the earth praise him. From this we may conclude with the greater certainty, that, as I have touched upon above, David in the whole of this psalm spake in the name of the whole Church; for he now transfers to the Church what he had spoken in particular concerning himself. In calling upon the elements, which are destitute of thought or understanding, to praise God, he speaks hyperbolically, and by this manner of expression, he would teach us that we are not... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 69:36

Verse 36 36.And the seed of his servants shall inherit it. In this verse he declares that the blessing now mentioned would extend through a continued succession of ages — that, the fathers would transmit to their children the possession which they had received, as from hand to hand, and the children to their children; and the enduring possession of all good things depends upon Christ, of whom David was a type. Yet the Psalmist at the same time briefly intimates, that such only as are the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 69:1-36

The psalm divides into five unequal portions, consisting respectively of four, eight, nine, eight, and seven verses. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 69:29-36

The psalmcloses with Joyful hopes and vows of thanksgiving for salvation. These consequences flow from his confidence in God's salvation. I. HIS OWN PERSONAL GRATITUDE AND SERVICE . 1 . The thanksgiving of a grateful heart will show itself in song and service. ( Psalms 69:30 .) 2 . Spiritual service is more acceptable to God than ceremonial. ( Psalms 69:31 .) II. HIS SALVATION WILL STRENGTHEN THE FAITH OF ALL RIGHTEOUS SUFFERERS . (... read more

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