69:30 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!
69:35 For God will deliver Zion
and rebuild the cities of Judah,
and his people 6 will again live in them and possess Zion. 7
69:36 The descendants of his servants will inherit it,
and those who are loyal to him 8 will live in it. 9