Psalms 34:5
I sought the Lord, and he heard me; and he delivered me from all my troubles.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.
In Context
4O magnify the Lord with me; and let us extol his name together.
6Come ye to him and be enlightened: and your faces shall not be confounded.
Cross References
1 Samuel 23:13Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, arose, and departing from Ceila, wandered up and down uncertain where they should stay: and it was told Saul that David was fled from Ceila, and had escaped: wherefore he forbore to go out.
Esther 8:16But to the Jews a new light seemed to rise, joy, honour, and dancing.
Psalms 13:3How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?
Psalms 25:3Neither let my enemies laugh at me: for none of them that wait on thee shall be confounded.
Psalms 50:15And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Psalms 83:16So shalt thou pursue them with thy tempest: and shalt trouble them in thy wrath.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 34:2-11
Praise and Thanksgiving. 1 I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. 2 My soul shall make her boast in the Lord : the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. 3 O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together. 4 I sought the Lord , and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. 5 They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed. 6 This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. 7 The angel of… Read the whole commentary →