Psalm 69:33 For the LORD hears the poor, and despises not his prisoners. With what gratitude and joy should these intimations of hope be received by those who are naturally in so miserable a condition! It is a celebrated story that, when Titus Flaminius, at the public games, proclaimed the liberty of Greece, after it had been conquered by the Romans, the auditors were at first lost in a silent amazement, and then burst out into one continued shout for two hours together, "Liberty! Liberty I" Me-thinks such joy, and greater than this, should appear amongst miserable sinners when these proclamations for liberty are made. (T. Doddridge.) Parallel Verses KJV: For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.WEB: For Yahweh hears the needy, and doesn't despise his captive people. |
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