Psalms 34:19
The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a contrite heart: and he will save the humble of spirit.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
In Context
18The just cried, and the Lord heard them: and delivered them out of all their troubles.
20Many are the afflictions of the just; but out of them all will the Lord deliver them.
Cross References
Job 5:19In six troubles he shall deliver thee, and in the seventh, evil shall not touch thee.
Job 42:12And the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning. And he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.
Psalms 34:6Come ye to him and be enlightened: and your faces shall not be confounded.
Psalms 51:19A sacrifice to God is an afflicted spirit: a contrite and humbled heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
Psalms 147:3in the children of men, in whom there is no salvation.
Isaiah 55:6Seek ye the Lord, while he may be found: call upon him, while he is near.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 34:12-22
An Exhortation to Fear God; The Privileges of the Righteous. 11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord . 12 What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good? 13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. 14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. 15 The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry. 16 The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of… Read the whole commentary →