KJV King James Version
The humble shall see [this, and] be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.
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Psalm 69:32
The humble shall see [this, and] be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The humble will see and rejoice. You who seek God, let your hearts be revived!
WEB World English Bible
The humble have seen it, and are glad. You who seek after God, let your heart live.
ASV American Standard Version
The meek have seen it, and are glad: Ye that seek after God, let your heart live.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
The humble have seen—they rejoice, Ye who seek God—and your heart liveth.
Surrounding context — Psalm 69
29 But I [am] poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.
30 I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.
31 [This] also shall please the LORD better than an ox [or] bullock that hath horns and hoofs.
32 The humble shall see [this, and] be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.
33 For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.
34 Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.
35 For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.
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John 16:22And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.Psalm 22:26The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.Isaiah 55:6-7Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:Psalm 34:2My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear [thereof], and be glad.Isaiah 61:1-3The Spirit of the Lord GOD [is] upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to [them that are] bound;Psalm 25:9The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.John 20:20And when he had so said, he shewed unto them [his] hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord.Psalm 22:29All [they that be] fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.
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