Psalms 69:32
in Psalms 69The humble will see and rejoice. You who seek God, let your hearts be revived!
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ASV
The meek have seen it, and are glad: Ye that seek after God, let your heart live.
KJV
The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.
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This verse in Psalms 69
Commentary
12 notes on this verseWhen his sorrows are over, and he enters into the joy that was set before him, when he is heard and discharged from his imprisonment in the grave, the humble shall look upon it and be glad, and those that seek God through Christ shall live and be comforted, concluding that, if they suffer with him, they shall also reign with him.
This site's exposition
The humble will see and rejoice
on Psalms 69:32-33
The rescue of one man becomes news for the humble, who see it and rejoice. Verse 32 tells those who seek God to be revived. Verse 33 gives the reason: the LORD listens to the needy, and Barnes reads His captive people as men bound by affliction.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers3 voices
"And it shall please God:" that I shall praise Him, shall please: "above a new calf, bearing horns and hoofs." More grateful to Him shall be the sacrifice of praise than the sacrifice of a calf. "The sacrifice of praise shall glorify me." "Immolate to God the sacrifice of praise." So then His praise going forth from my mouth shall please God more than a great victim led up to His altar....Therefore above this calf my praising shall please You, such as hereafter will be, after poverty and sorrow, in the eternal society of Angels, where neither adversary there shall be in battle to be tossed, nor sluggard from earth to be stirred up. "Let the needy see and rejoice" [Psalm 69:32]. Let them believe, and in hope be glad. Let them be more needy, in order that they may deserve to be filled: lest while they belch out pride's satiety, there be denied them the bread whereon they may healthily live. "Seek the Lord," ye needy, hunger ye and thirst; [Matthew 5:6] for He is Himself the living bread that came down from Heaven. [John 6:33, 51] "Seek the Lord, and your soul shall live." You seek bread, that your flesh may live: the Lord seek ye, that your soul may live. [Isaiah 55:3]
Let us direct the mind's gaze and, with the Lord's help, let us search out God. The word of the divine canticle is "Seek God and your soul will live." Let us seek him who is to be found, let us seek him who has been found. He has been hidden so that he may be sought for and found; he is immeasurable so that, even though he has been found, he may be sought for. For this reason it is said elsewhere, "Seek his face always." For he fills the seeker as far as he has capacity, and he makes the finder more capacious, that he may seek again to be filled when he has begun to increase his capacity.
Brothers, the Lord of the universe has need of nothing; he requires nothing of anyone, except that confession be made to him. For David, the chosen one, says, "I will confess to the Lord, and it shall please him more than a young bullock with horns and hoofs. Let the poor see it and be glad." And again he says, "Sacrifice to God a sacrifice of praise, and render to the All-High your vows; and call on me in the day of affliction, and I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me." "For a contrite spirit is a sacrifice to God."
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Now, in this, David was a type of Christ, and divers passages in this psalm are applied to Christ in the new Testament and are said to have their accomplishment in him (
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The humble - Those pious persons who are grieved for their calamities, will heartily rejoice in my deliverance. Live - Or, be revived, which were dejected, and in a manner dead with sorrow.
5 more voices on this verse
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
The humble shall see this, and be glad,....
The Nineteenth Century4 voices
The humble shall see this and be glad. Grateful hearts are ever on the look out for recruits, and the rejoicing psalmist discerns with joy the fact, that other oppressed and lowly men observing the Lord's dealings with his servants are encouraged to look for a like issue to their own tribulations. The standing consolation of the godly is the experience of their Lord, for as he is so are we also in this world; yea, moreover, his triumph has secured ours, and therefore, we may on the most solid grounds rejoice in him. This gave our great leader satisfaction as he foresaw the comforts which would flow to us from his conflict and conquest. And your heart shall live that seek God. A similar assurance is given in Psalm 22, which is near akin to this. It would have been useless to seek if Jesus' victories had not cleared the way, and opened a door of hope; but, since the Breaker has gone up before us, and the King at the head of us, our hope is a living one, our faith is living, our love is living, and our renewed nature is full of a vitality which challenges the cold hand of death to damp it.
The humble shall see this and be glad. Grateful hearts are ever on the look out for recruits, and the rejoicing psalmist discerns with joy the fact, that other oppressed and lowly men observing the Lord's dealings with his servants are encouraged to look for a like issue to their own tribulations. The standing consolation of the godly is the experience of their Lord, for as he is so are we also in this world; yea, moreover, his triumph has secured ours, and therefore, we may on the most solid grounds rejoice in him.
The humble shall see this, and be glad - Those who are low, pressed down by misfortune or cruelty, shall see this and take courage; expecting that thou wilt lift them up also; and thus the heart of those who seek the Lord shall be revived.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The humble shall see this, and be glad - Margin, “The meek.” That is, Others who are thus afflicted - the poor, the needy, the oppressed, the sad - shall be made acquainted with what has been done in my behalf, and shall take courage, or be strengthened. They will learn to trust that God will also interpose in “their” troubles, and bring them out of “their” distresses. And your heart shall live that seek God - Shall be revived; shall be encouraged, strengthened, animated.
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| רָא֣וּ | rau | they will see | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| עֲנָוִ֣ים | ʾanavim | humble [people] | H6035 → | 22 times |
| יִשְׂמָ֑חוּ | yismachu | they will rejoice | H8055 → | 155 times |
| דֹּרְשֵׁ֥י | doreshei | O [you who] seek | H1875 → | 164 times |
| אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים | ʾelohim | <of> God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| וִיחִ֥י | vichi | and may it live | H2421 → | 282 times |
| לְבַבְכֶֽם׃ | levavkhem | heart your | H3824 → | 252 times |
רָא֣וּthey will see
rauH7200 →1300 times
עֲנָוִ֣יםhumble [people]
ʾanavimH6035 →22 times
יִשְׂמָ֑חוּthey will rejoice
yismachuH8055 →155 times
דֹּרְשֵׁ֥יO [you who] seek
doresheiH1875 →164 times
אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים<of> God
ʾelohimH430 →2601 times
וִיחִ֥יand may it live
vichiH2421 →282 times
לְבַבְכֶֽם׃heart your
levavkhemH3824 →252 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
John 16:22So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.
it leads to
- 1 Peter 1:8
Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy,
- Acts 13:52
And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.
- 1 Peter 1:8
Through
Psalms 34:2My soul boasts in the LORD; let the oppressed hear and rejoice.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 9:24
But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, who exercises loving devotion, justice and righteousness on the earth—for I delight in these things,”…
- 1 Corinthians 1:31
Therefore, as it is written: “Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.”
- Psalms 119:74
May those who fear You see me and rejoice, for I have hoped in Your word.
- Psalms 44:8
In God we have boasted all day long, and Your name we will praise forever. Selah
- Jeremiah 9:24
Through
Psalms 22:26The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise Him. May your hearts live forever!
it leads to
- Psalms 40:16
May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “The LORD be magnified!”
- Isaiah 65:13
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; My servants will rejoice, but you will be…
- Psalms 40:16
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Psalms; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 69; Augustine of Hippo, TRACTATES ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 63:1.1; Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David, Vol. 3; Clement of Rome, 1 CLEMENT 52; John Calvin, Commentary on the Book of Psalms; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.