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33For the LORD heareth{H8802)} the poor, and despiseth{H8804)} not his prisoners.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison. …
As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water. …
Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:
For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 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 th…
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