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Psalm 34:15–19

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15nThe eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,

And His ears are open to their cry.

16oThe face of the Lord is against those who do evil,

pTo 3cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

17The righteous cry out, and qthe Lord hears,

And delivers them out of all their troubles.

18rThe Lord is near sto those who have a broken heart,

And saves such as 4have a contrite spirit.

19tMany are the afflictions of the righteous,

uBut the Lord delivers him out of them all.

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Psalm 34:18: The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.

Footnotes

  1. 3destroy
  2. 4are crushed in spirit

Cross references

  1. nJob 36:7; [Ps. 33:18]
  2. oLev. 17:10; Jer. 44:11; Amos 9:4
  3. pJob 18:17; Ps. 9:6; 109:15; [Prov. 10:7]
  4. qPs. 34:6; 145:19
  5. r[Ps. 145:18]
  6. sPs. 51:17; [Is. 57:15]
  7. tProv. 24:16
  8. uPs. 34:4, 6, 17

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous

and his ears toward their cry.

The face of the Lord is against those who do evil,

to cut off the memory of them from the earth.

When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears

and delivers them out of all their troubles.

The Lord is near to the brokenhearted

and saves the crushed in spirit.

Many are the afflictions of the righteous,

but the Lord delivers him out of them all.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,

and his ears are attentive to their cry;

but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil,

to blot out their name from the earth.

The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears them;

he delivers them from all their troubles.

The Lord is close to the brokenhearted

and saves those who are crushed in spirit.

The righteous person may have many troubles,

but the Lord delivers him from them all;

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,

and his ears are open to their cry for help.

The face of the Lord is set

against those who do what is evil,

to remove all memory of them from the earth.

The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears,

and rescues them from all their troubles.

The Lord is near the brokenhearted;

he saves those crushed in spirit.

One who is righteous has many adversities,

but the Lord rescues him from them all.

NLTNew Living Translation

The eyes of the Lord watch over those who do right;

his ears are open to their cries for help.

But the Lord turns his face against those who do evil;

he will erase their memory from the earth.

The Lord hears his people when they call to him for help.

He rescues them from all their troubles.

The Lord is close to the brokenhearted;

he rescues those whose spirits are crushed.

The righteous person faces many troubles,

but the Lord comes to the rescue each time.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The eyes of Yahweh are toward the righteous,

and his ears toward their cry for help.

The face of Yahweh is against evildoers,

to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

They cry out and Yahweh hears

and delivers them from all of their troubles.

Yahweh is near to those who are heartbroken

and saves those who are crushed in spirit.

Many are the distresses of the righteous,

but Yahweh delivers him out of them all.

KJV 1900King James Version

The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous,

And his ears are open unto their cry.

The face of the Lord is against them that do evil,

To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth,

And delivereth them out of all their troubles.

The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart;

And saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

Many are the afflictions of the righteous:

But the Lord delivereth him out of them all.