Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version for God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah. Then people will settle there and possess it; New Living Translation For God will save Jerusalem and rebuild the towns of Judah. His people will live there and settle in their own land. English Standard Version For God will save Zion and build up the cities of Judah, and people shall dwell there and possess it; Berean Standard Bible For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah, that they may dwell there and possess it. King James Bible For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession. New King James Version For God will save Zion And build the cities of Judah, That they may dwell there and possess it. New American Standard Bible For God will save Zion and build the cities of Judah, So that they may live there and possess it. NASB 1995 For God will save Zion and build the cities of Judah, That they may dwell there and possess it. NASB 1977 For God will save Zion and build the cities of Judah, That they may dwell there and possess it. Legacy Standard Bible For God will save Zion and build the cities of Judah, That they may dwell there and possess it. Amplified Bible For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah, That His servants may remain there and possess it. Christian Standard Bible for God will save Zion and build up the cities of Judah. They will live there and possess it. Holman Christian Standard Bible for God will save Zion and build up the cities of Judah. They will live there and possess it. American Standard Version For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah; And they shall abide there, and have it in possession. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Because God saves Zion and builds the cities of Yehuda, for his Servants will dwell in it. Brenton Septuagint Translation For God will save Sion, and the cities of Judea shall be built; and men shall dwell there, and inherit it. Contemporary English Version God will rescue Jerusalem, and he will rebuild the towns of Judah. His people will live there on their own land, Douay-Rheims Bible For God will save Sion, and the cities of Juda shall be built up. And they shall dwell there, and acquire it by inheritance. English Revised Version For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah; and they shall abide there, and have it in possession. GOD'S WORD® Translation When God saves Zion, he will rebuild the cities of Judah. His servants will live there and take possession of it. Good News Translation He will save Jerusalem and rebuild the towns of Judah. His people will live there and possess the land; International Standard Version For God will deliver Zion and will rebuild the cities of Judah so they may live there and possess them. JPS Tanakh 1917 For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah; And they shall abide there, and have it in possession. Literal Standard Version For God saves Zion, | And builds the cities of Judah, | And they have dwelt there, and possess it. Majority Standard Bible For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah, that they may dwell there and possess it. New American Bible For God will rescue Zion, and rebuild the cities of Judah. They will dwell there and possess it; NET Bible For God will deliver Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah, and his people will again live in them and possess Zion. New Revised Standard Version For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah; and his servants shall live there and possess it; New Heart English Bible For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah. They shall settle there, and own it. Webster's Bible Translation For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession. World English Bible For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah. They shall settle there, and own it. Young's Literal Translation For God doth save Zion, And doth build the cities of Judah, And they have dwelt there, and possess it. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Waters Are Up to My Neck…34Let 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.… Cross References Psalm 46:5 God is within her; she will not be moved. God will help her when morning dawns. Psalm 51:18 In Your good pleasure, cause Zion to prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem. Psalm 147:2 The LORD builds up Jerusalem; He gathers the exiles of Israel. Isaiah 44:26 who confirms the message of His servant and fulfills the counsel of His messengers, who says of Jerusalem, 'She will be inhabited,' and of the cities of Judah, 'They will be rebuilt, and I will restore their ruins,' Obadiah 1:17 But on Mount Zion there will be deliverance, and it will be holy, and the house of Jacob will reclaim their possession. Treasury of Scripture For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession. God Psalm 51:18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem. Psalm 102:13,16 Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come… Psalm 147:12,13 Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion… build Psalm 48:11-13 Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments… Ezekiel 36:35,36 And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, and are inhabited… Jeremiah 33:10,11 Thus saith the LORD; Again there shall be heard in this place, which ye say shall be desolate without man and without beast, even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast, … Jump to Previous Abide Build Builder Cities Dwell Dwelt Heritage Judah Possess Possession Rebuild Resting-Place Save Saviour Servants Settle Towns ZionJump to Next Abide Build Builder Cities Dwell Dwelt Heritage Judah Possess Possession Rebuild Resting-Place Save Saviour Servants Settle Towns ZionPsalm 69 1. David complains of his affliction13. He prays for deliverance 22. He devotes his enemies to destruction 30. He praises God with thanksgiving Verse 35. - For God will save Zion. It is not necessary to suppose that Jerusalem was in any immediate danger. The psalmist merely means that the same God from whom he now confidently expects deliverance will always watch over his city, over his people, over his inheritance, and whenever danger threatens, will exert his protecting power and save. Prophecies of this kind are always conditional, and thus Zion, when she rejected God for idols (2 Chronicles 36:14), and again when she rejected him for Barabbas (Matthew 27:21), forfeited the promised blessing of continuance, and brought about her own destruction. And will build the cities of Judah; i.e. maintain them, keep them from decay and ruin. That they may dwell there; i.e. continue to inhabit the cities. And have it (i.e. Zion, or Jerusalem) in possession. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Forכִּ֤י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction God אֱלֹהִ֨ים ׀ (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative will save י֘וֹשִׁ֤יעַ (yō·wō·šî·a‘) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3467: To be open, wide, free, to be safe, to free, succor Zion צִיּ֗וֹן (ṣî·yō·wn) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 6726: Zion -- a mountain in Jerusalem, also a name for Jerusalem and rebuild וְ֭יִבְנֶה (wə·yiḇ·neh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1129: To build the cities עָרֵ֣י (‘ā·rê) Noun - feminine plural construct Strong's 5892: Excitement of Judah, יְהוּדָ֑ה (yə·hū·ḏāh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites that they may dwell וְיָ֥שְׁבוּ (wə·yā·šə·ḇū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry there שָׁ֝֗ם (m) Adverb Strong's 8033: There, then, thither and possess it. וִירֵשֽׁוּהָ׃ (wî·rê·šū·hā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural | third person feminine singular Strong's 3423: To occupy, to seize, to rob, to inherit, to expel, to impoverish, to ruin Links Psalm 69:35 NIVPsalm 69:35 NLT Psalm 69:35 ESV Psalm 69:35 NASB Psalm 69:35 KJV Psalm 69:35 BibleApps.com Psalm 69:35 Biblia Paralela Psalm 69:35 Chinese Bible Psalm 69:35 French Bible Psalm 69:35 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 69:35 For God will save Zion and build (Psalm Ps Psa.) |