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Selected Verse: Psalms 69:29 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
Ps 69:29	Strong Concordance	But I am poor [06041] and sorrowful [03510]: let thy salvation [03444], O God [0430], set me up on high [07682].
	King James	But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
poor and sorrowful--the afflicted pious, often denoted by such terms (compare Psa 10:17; Psa 12:5). set me . . . high--out of danger.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

poor and sorrowful--the afflicted pious, often denoted by such terms (compare Psa 10:17; Psa 12:5).

set me . . . high--out of danger.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
But I am poor and sorrowful - I am afflicted and suffering. The word here rendered "poor" often means "afflicted." Let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high - Let thy help raise me up from my low condition, and exalt me to a place of safety.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

But I am poor and sorrowful - I am afflicted and suffering. The word here rendered "poor" often means "afflicted."

Let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high - Let thy help raise me up from my low condition, and exalt me to a place of safety.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
On high - Out of the reach of mine enemies.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

On high - Out of the reach of mine enemies.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
I am poor and sorrowful - Literally, I an laid low, and full of pain or grief. Hence the prayer, "Let thy salvation, O God set me on high!" My oppression has laid me low; thy salvation shall make me high!

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

I am poor and sorrowful - Literally, I an laid low, and full of pain or grief. Hence the prayer, "Let thy salvation, O God set me on high!" My oppression has laid me low; thy salvation shall make me high!

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