Psalms 69:33 Explained in Context

Read It With

• Psalms 69:30–36
• Psalms 69:1–36

Read Psalms 69:33 with 69:30–36 and 69:1–36. Read alone, “For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners” could lose the individual voice, the parallel line or movement it develops, and the psalm's outcome. The complete movement establishes: Within Psalms 69:30–36, the individual voice carries the movement “Praise, the poor, and Zion restored” as part of “Flooded lament, zeal, reproach, and severe curses.” Its lament-imprecation form and poetic parallelism hold the petitions, images, memories, or praise together before any single line is applied.

Why This Verse Appears Here

Psalms 69:30–36 answers or redirects “Imprecations and the afflicted speaker's plea” within Psalm 69 by carrying “Praise, the poor, and Zion restored.” The turn from “But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high” to “I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving” explains why this movement occurs here. Within that relationship, Psalm 69:33 supplies a reason or consequence through “For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners” and must be read with the claim it supports.