Psalm 69:29-36

Good News Translation

²⁹ But I am in pain and despair;
    lift me up, O God, and save me!

³⁰ I will praise God with a song;
    I will proclaim his greatness by giving him thanks.
³¹ This will please the Lord more than offering him cattle,
    more than sacrificing a full-grown bull.
³² When the oppressed see this, they will be glad;
    those who worship God will be encouraged.
³³ The Lord listens to those in need
    and does not forget his people in prison.

³⁴ Praise God, O heaven and earth,
    seas and all creatures in them.
³⁵ He will save Jerusalem
    and rebuild the towns of Judah.
His people will live there and possess the land;
³⁶     the descendants of his servants will inherit it,
    and those who love him will live there.