Psalmen 69:34

34 Want de HEERE hoort de nooddruftigen, en Hij veracht Zijn gevangenen niet.

Psalmen 69:34 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 69:34

Let the heaven and earth praise him
As those, by a prosopopoeia, are often called upon to do, to express the greatness of the favour enjoyed, and to excite those that are possessed of it to greater joy and thankfulness; see ( Psalms 96:11-13 ) ( Isaiah 44:23 ) ( 49:13 ) ; or the inhabitants of the heavens and earth may be meant, as the angels of heaven; and so the Targum interprets it; who, as they praised the Lord at the incarnation of Christ, ( Luke 2:14 ) ; so doubtless they did at his ascension, when he was seen and accompanied by them, ( 1 Timothy 3:16 ) ( Psalms 68:17 Psalms 68:18 ) ( Acts 1:11 ) ; and also the spirits of just men made perfect in heaven, who were there when Christ was received into it; and the inhabitants of the earth, as the Targum also paraphrases it; of the continent, particularly the Roman empire, when the Gospel was sent thither, which brought the good news of an incarnate, suffering, risen, ascended, and exalted Saviour;

the seas, and everything that moveth therein;
the inhabitants of the isles in the seas, such as ours of Great Britain and Ireland, who waited for the doctrine of the Messiah, and to whom he calls to listen to what he says; and which is a sufficient reason for praise and thanksgiving in them; even in as many as have spiritual life and motion, who are quickened, influenced, and moved by the Spirit of God; see ( Isaiah 42:4 ) ( 49:1 ) .

Psalmen 69:34 In-Context

32 En het zal den HEERE aangenamer zijn dan een os, of een gehoornde var, die de klauwen verdeelt.

33 De zachtmoedigen, dit gezien hebbende, zullen zich verblijden; en gij, die God zoekt, ulieder hart zal leven.

34 Want de HEERE hoort de nooddruftigen, en Hij veracht Zijn gevangenen niet.

35 Dat Hem prijzen de hemel en de aarde, de zeeen, en al wat daarin wriemelt.

36 Want God zal Sion verlossen, en de steden van Juda bouwen; en aldaar zullen zij wonen, en haar erfelijk bezitten; [ (Psalms 69:37) En het zaad Zijner knechten zal haar beerven; en de liefhebbers Zijns Naams zullen daarin wonen. ]