Psalms 69:34

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Let the heavens and the earth give praise to him, the seas, and everything moving in them.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־שֹׁמֵ֣עַ אֶל־אֶבְיוֹנִ֣ים יְהוָ֑ה וְאֶת־אֲ֝סִירָ֗יו לֹ֣א בָזָֽה׃

Transliteration

Because-šōmēa' to-'eḇyônîm YHWH and-'ăsîrāyw not bāzâ

Grammar Details

• *šōmēa'*: Qal participle, masculine singular - listening
• *'eḇyônîm*: masculine plural adjective with prefixed preposition 'el - to needy ones
• *YHWH*: divine name - LORD
• *'ăsîrāyw*: masculine plural noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix and prefixed direct object marker - his prisoners
• *bāzâ*: Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he has despised

Word Meanings

• *šōmēa'*: hears/listens to
• *'eḇyônîm*: needy ones/poor people
• *'ăsîrāyw*: his prisoners/his captives/those bound by him
• *bāzâ*: despises/disdains/holds in contempt

Referenced Verses

• Ps 96:11 : 11 Let the heavens have joy and the earth be glad; let the sea be thundering with all its waters;
• Isa 49:13 : 13 Let your voice be loud in song, O heavens; and be glad, O earth; make sounds of joy, O mountains, for the Lord has given comfort to his people, and will have mercy on his crushed ones.
• Isa 55:12 : 12 For you will go out with joy, and be guided in peace: the mountains and the hills will make melody before you, and all the trees of the fields will make sounds of joy.
• Rev 7:11-13 : 11 And all the angels were round about the high seat, and about the rulers and the four beasts; and they went down on their faces before the high seat, and gave worship to God, saying, 12 So be it. Let blessing and glory and wisdom and praise and honour and power and strength be given to our God for ever and ever. So be it. 13 And one of the rulers made answer, saying to me, These who have on white robes, who are they, and where did they come from?
• Gen 1:20 : 20 And God said, Let the waters be full of living things, and let birds be in flight over the earth under the arch of heaven.
• Ps 98:7-8 : 7 Let the sea be thundering, with all its waters; the world, and all who are living in it; 8 Let the streams make sounds of joy with their hands; let the mountains be glad together,
• Ps 148:1-9 : 1 Give praise to the Lord. Let the Lord be praised from the heavens: give him praise in the skies. 2 Give praise to him, all you his angels: give praise to him, all his armies. 3 Give praise to him, you sun and moon: give praise to him, all you stars of light. 4 Give praise to him, you highest heavens, and you waters which are over the heavens. 5 Let them give praise to the name of the Lord: for he gave the order, and they were made. 6 He has put them in their places for ever; he has given them their limits which may not be broken. 7 Give praise to the Lord from the earth, you great sea-beasts, and deep places: 8 Fire and rain of ice, snow and mists; storm-wind, doing his word: 9 Mountains and all hills; fruit-trees and all trees of the mountains: 10 Beasts and all cattle; insects and winged birds: 11 Kings of the earth, and all peoples; rulers and all judges of the earth: 12 Young men and virgins; old men and children: 13 Let them give glory to the name of the Lord: for his name only is to be praised: his kingdom is over the earth and the heaven. 14 He has put on high the horn of his people, for the praise of all his saints; even the children of Israel, a people which is near to him. Let the Lord be praised.
• Ps 150:6 : 6 Let everything which has breath give praise to the Lord. Let the Lord be praised.
• Isa 44:22-23 : 22 I have put your evil doings out of my mind like a thick cloud, and your sins like a mist: come back to me; for I have taken up your cause. 23 Make a song, O heavens, for the Lord has done it: give a loud cry, you deep parts of the earth: let your voices be loud in song, you mountains, and you woods with all your trees: for the Lord has taken up the cause of Jacob, and will let his glory be seen in Israel.