30 I will praise the name of God with a song,
and will magnify him with thanksgiving. 31 It will please Yahweh better than an ox,
or a bull that has horns and hoofs. 32 The humble have seen it, and are glad.
You who seek after God, let your heart live. 33 For Yahweh hears the needy,
and doesn’t despise his captive people. 34 Let heaven and earth praise him;
the seas, and everything that moves therein! 35 For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah.
They shall settle there, and own it. 36 The children also of his servants shall inherit it.
Those who love his name shall dwell therein.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 69:30-36
Commentary on Psalm 69:30-36
(Read Psalm 69:30-36)
The psalmist concludes the psalm with holy joy and praise, which he began with complaints of his grief. It is a great comfort to us, that humble and thankful praises are more pleasing to God than the most costly, pompous sacrifices. The humble shall look to him, and be glad; those that seek him through Christ shall live and be comforted. God will do great things for the gospel church, in which let all who wish well to it rejoice. A seed shall serve him on earth, and his servants shall inherit his heavenly kingdom. Those that love his name shall dwell before him for ever. He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? Arise, thou great Restorer of the ancient places to dwell in, and turn away ungodliness from thy people.