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Psalms 69:34
34Let heaven and earth praise Him, the seas and everything that moves in them.
Psalms 69:34 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.
- New International Version (NIV)Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas and all that move in them,
- English Standard Version (ESV)Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas and everything that moves in them.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Let heaven and earth praise Him, The seas and everything that moves in them.
Context of Psalms 69:34
32The humble will see and rejoice. You who seek God, let your hearts be revived! 33For the LORD listens to the needy and does not despise His captive people. Let heaven and earth praise Him, the seas and everything that moves in them. 35For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah, that they may dwell there and possess it. 36The descendants of His servants will inherit it, and those who love His name will settle in it.
Read all of Psalms 69Psalms 69:34 word by word
יְֽ֭הַלְלוּהוּ שָׁמַ֣יִם וָאָ֑רֶץ יַ֝מִּ֗ים וְֽכָל־רֹמֵ֥שׂ בָּֽם׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 69:34
- Psalms 96:11Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice; let the sea resound, and all that fills it.
- Psalms 98:7Let the sea resound, and all that fills it, the world, and all who dwell in it.
- Psalms 148:1Hallelujah! Praise the LORD from the heavens; praise Him in the highest places.
- Psalms 150:6Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Hallelujah!
- Isaiah 44:22I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.
- Isaiah 49:13Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; break forth in song, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted His people, and He will have compassion on His afflicted ones.
- Isaiah 55:12You will indeed go out with joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.
- Revelation 7:11And all the angels stood around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. And they fell facedown before the throne and worshiped God,
- Genesis 1:20And God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”
Commentaries on Psalms 69:34
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 34Let the heaven and earth praise him - The psalmist has the fullest confidence that God will turn their captivity, and therefore calls upon all creatures to magnify him for his mercy.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 34Let the heaven and earth praise him - All things; all above and all below. The seas - The waters - the oceans. This is in accordance with what often occurs in the Scriptures, when all things, animate and inanimate, are called on to praise God. Compare Psalm 148:1-14. And everything that moveth therein - Margin, as in Hebrew, “creepeth.” Compare the notes at Psalm 8:8. See also the notes at Isaiah 55:12.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 30-36Verses 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…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 34-36The psalmist prays for Zion, offering a new petition from a new circumstance. He applies the prayer (Psalm 69:1–33) to the desperate condition of Judah (see 51:18–19).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 34-3634-36. The call on the universe for praise is well sustained by the prediction of the perpetual and extended blessings which shall come upon the covenant-people of God. Though, as usual, the imagery is taken from terms used of Palestine, the whole tenor of the context indicates that the spiritual privileges and blessings of the Church are meant.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 69
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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