Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.
Parallel translations
- WEB Your congregation lived therein. You, God, prepared your goodness for the poor.
- BSB Your flock settled therein; O God, from Your bounty You provided for the poor.
- NKJV Your congregation dwelt in it; You, O God, provided from Your goodness for the poor.
- NASB Your creatures settled in it; In Your kindness You provided for the poor, God.
- NLT There your people finally settled, and with a bountiful harvest, O God, you provided for your needy people.
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Quick answer
God's people settled in the land, and He provided for the poor in His goodness. It shows God's gracious provision, especially for the needy.
Overview
The psalmist notes that God's congregation dwelt in the land He had prepared, and that He supplied for the poor out of His goodness. God's care extends particularly to those in need. This generosity reflects the heart of God revealed in Christ, who brings good news to the poor.
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- Deut 26:9–10And he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, even a land that floweth with milk and honey.
- Ps 74:19O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.
- Luke 1:53He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
- Matt 11:5The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
- 1 Sam 2:8He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD’s, and he hath set the world upon them.
- Ps 74:1–2O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
- Ps 65:9Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.
- Ps 78:20Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?
- Num 16:3And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD?
- 1 Pet 5:3Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.
- Exod 19:5–6Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
- Deut 32:8–14When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
- Deut 26:5And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:
- Job 5:10–11Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
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