20 Deliver Me from the sword, aMy1 precious life from the power of the dog.
21aSave Me from the lion’s mouth And from the horns of the wild oxen! bYou have answered Me.
22aI will declare Your name to bMy brethren; In the midst of the assembly I will praise You.
23aYou who fear the Lord, praise Him! All you1 descendants of Jacob, glorify Him, And fear Him, all you offspring of Israel!
24 For He has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; Nor has He hidden His face from Him; But awhen He cried to Him, He heard.
25aMy praise shallbe of You in the great assembly; bI will pay My vows before those who fear Him.
26 The poor shall eat and be satisfied; Those who seek Him will praise the Lord. Let your heart live forever!
27 All the ends of the world Shall remember and turn to the Lord, And all the families of the1 nations Shall worship before1 You.
28aFor the kingdom is the Lord’s, And He rules over the nations.
29aAll the prosperous of the earth Shall eat and worship; bAll those who go down to1 the dust Shall bow before Him, Even he who cannot keep himself alive.
30 A posterity shall serve Him. It will be recounted of the Lord to the next generation,
31 They will come and declare His righteousness to a people who will be born, That He has done this.
He declares his purpose to celebrate God's gracious dealings and publish His manifested perfections ("name," Psalms 5:11), etc., and forthwith he invites the pious (those who have a reverential fear of God) to unite in special praise for a deliverance, illustrating God's kind regard for the lowly, whom men neglect [Psalms 22:24]. To hide the face (or eyes) expresses a studied neglect of one's cause, and refusal of aid or sympathy (compare Psalms 30:7; Isaiah 1:15).
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