Discovery BoxPsalms 69:30-34 
Context69:30 I will sing praises to God’s name! 1
I will magnify him as I give him thanks! 2
69:31 That will please the Lord more than an ox or a bull
with horns and hooves.
69:32 The oppressed look on – let them rejoice!
You who seek God, 3 may you be encouraged! 4
69:33 For the Lord listens to the needy;
he does not despise his captive people. 5
69:34 Let the heavens and the earth praise him,
along with the seas and everything that swims in them!
1 tn Heb “I will praise the name of God with a song.”
2 tn Heb “I will magnify him with thanks.”
3 sn You who seek God refers to those who seek to have a relationship with God by obeying and worshiping him (see Ps 53:2).
4 tn Heb “may your heart[s] live.” See Ps 22:26.
5 tn Heb “his prisoners he does not despise.”
