Psalms 69:29
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
But I am poor and sorrowful: let your salvation, O God, set me up on high.
American King James Version (AKJV)
But I am poor and sorrowful: let your salvation, O God, set me up on high.
American Standard Version (ASV)
But I am poor and sorrowful: Let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
But I am poor and full of sorrow; let me be lifted up by your salvation, O Lord.
Webster's Revision
But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.
World English Bible
But I am in pain and distress. Let your salvation, God, protect me.
English Revised Version (ERV)
But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.
Definitions for Psalms 69:29
Clarke's Psalms 69:29 Bible Commentary
I am poor and sorrowful - Literally, I an laid low, and full of pain or grief. Hence the prayer, "Let thy salvation, O God set me on high!" My oppression has laid me low; thy salvation shall make me high!
Barnes's Psalms 69:29 Bible Commentary
But I am poor and sorrowful - I am afflicted and suffering. The word here rendered "poor" often means "afflicted."
Let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high - Let thy help raise me up from my low condition, and exalt me to a place of safety.
Wesley's Psalms 69:29 Bible Commentary
69:29 On high - Out of the reach of mine enemies.