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Selected Verse: Psalms 69:35 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Ps 69:35 |
Strong Concordance |
For God [0430] will save [03467] Zion [06726], and will build [01129] the cities [05892] of Judah [03063]: that they may dwell [03427] there, and have it in possession [03423]. |
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King James |
For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
For God will save Zion - See the notes at Psa 51:18. That is, he will save his people; he will protect and defend them. This expresses the confident assurance of the psalmist that, whatever might be the existing troubles, God would not forsake his people, but would interpose in their behalf.
And will build the cities of Judah - Though they may now lie waste, or be desolate. See the notes at Psa 51:18. The general idea here is, that God would be favorable to his land; that he would give success and prosperity to his people; that he would manifest his mercy to them. There is no necessity from the language used here to suppose, as DeWette and Rosenmuller do, that there is an allusion to the time of the exile, and to the restoration of the Jews from Babylon, and that consequently either the whole psalm must have been composed at that time - or (as Rosenmuller supposes) that the last verses of the psalm were added by a later hand, and that thus the whole psalm was adapted to the time of the exile. From Psa 69:9 it would seem that, when the psalm was composed, the place of public worship was still standing, and the language here, as in Psa 51:18, is so general that it might have been employed at any time.
That they may dwell there ... - That his people may dwell there according to the ancient promise. The idea is, that he would be the protector of his people, and that all his promises to them would be fulfilled. |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
Sion - His church and people. They - His servants, as is explained in the following verse. There - In the literal Canaan for a long time, in the heavenly Canaan for ever. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
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. Sa2 5:7; Ch1 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 forfeited heritages. Some apply this to the redemption of the human race; and suppose that Zion is the type of the Christian Church into which the Gentiles were to be called. What evangelists and apostles apply to our Lord, we safely may. What others see so clearly in this Psalm relative to Gospel matters, I cannot discern. |
18 Do good [03190] in thy good pleasure [07522] unto Zion [06726]: build [01129] thou the walls [02346] of Jerusalem [03389].
9 For the zeal [07068] of thine house [01004] hath eaten me up [0398]; and the reproaches [02781] of them that reproached [02778] thee are fallen [05307] upon me.
18 Do good [03190] in thy good pleasure [07522] unto Zion [06726]: build [01129] thou the walls [02346] of Jerusalem [03389].
18 Do good [03190] in thy good pleasure [07522] unto Zion [06726]: build [01129] thou the walls [02346] of Jerusalem [03389].
5 And the inhabitants [03427] of Jebus [02982] said [0559] to David [01732], Thou shalt not come [0935] hither. Nevertheless David [01732] took [03920] the castle [04686] of Zion [06726], which is the city [05892] of David [01732].
7 Nevertheless David [01732] took [03920] the strong hold [04686] of Zion [06726]: the same is the city [05892] of David [01732].