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Psalms 69:36
36Then the descendants of his servants will have the land for themselves. The people who love God will live there safely.
Psalms 69:36 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein.
- New International Version (NIV)the children of his servants will inherit it, and those who love his name will dwell there.
- English Standard Version (ESV)the offspring of his servants shall inherit it, and those who love his name shall dwell in it.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Also, the descendants of His servants shall inherit it, And those who love His name shall dwell in it.
Context of Psalms 69:36
34Heaven and earth should praise him! The seas and everything that lives in them should praise him! 35For God will rescue Zion's people. He will build again Judah's cities. Then his people will live there. The land will belong to them again. Then the descendants of his servants will have the land for themselves. The people who love God will live there safely.
Read all of Psalms 69Psalms 69:36 word by word
וְזֶ֣רַע עֲ֭בָדָיו יִנְחָל֑וּהָ וְאֹהֲבֵ֥י שְׁ֝מ֗וֹ יִשְׁכְּנוּ־בָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 69:36
- Psalms 90:16Do great things again, so that we, your servants, see them! Let our children see that you rule as King!
- Psalms 103:18He continues to love people who obey his covenant. Those are the people who obey his laws.
- Isaiah 44:3I will pour water onto land that is thirsty. I will pour streams of water on the dry ground. I will pour out my Spirit on your descendants, and I will bless them.
- Isaiah 61:9Their descendants will be famous among the other nations. Everyone who sees them will know that the Lord has blessed them.’
- Acts 2:39God has promised to do all this for you and your children. He has also promised this to people who live far away in other places. The Lord our God will do it for all the people that he has called to come to him.’
- Psalms 91:14The Lord says, ‘If someone loves me, I will keep him safe. Because he worships me, I will protect him.
- John 14:23Jesus replied, ‘Everyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them. And my Father and I will come to them and we will make our home with them.
- Romans 8:28We know that God works to help those people who love him. He uses everything that happens to them to bring something good. He does this for those people that he has chosen to serve him.
- James 1:12Some people continue to trust God even when troubles happen. God will bless those people, if they show that they really trust him. He will give them the gift which is life with him. He has promised to give this gift to all people who love him.
- James 2:5My Christian friends, listen to me. God has chosen to bless people who are poor in this world. He has helped them to trust him. So really they are rich. God will give to them a place in his kingdom. He has promised to do that for all people who love him.
- Revelation 21:27But nothing that is bad or unclean will ever go in there. Nobody who does anything that God hates will go into the city. Nobody who tells lies will go in. Only those people with their names written in the Lamb's book of life can go in there.
Commentaries on Psalms 69:36
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 36The seed also of his servants - The children or the descendants of his people. Shall inherit it - Shall continue to dwell in it. And they that love his name - They that love him; they that are his true friends. Shall dwell therein - They shall be safe there; they shall find there a home. This indicates the confident belief of the author of the psalm that the favor of God would be shown to the land. Whatever might be the present troubles, his faith was…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. 36God’s people will inherit the land because the wicked will perish (see Psalm 37:8–9).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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