Psalms 34:16

They tempted me, they sneered at me most contemptuously, they gnashed their teeth upon me.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

In Context

15Yet they rejoiced against me, and plagues were + 34:15 The Gr. is repeated, by a Hebraism.plentifully brought against me, and I knew it not: they were scattered, but + 34:15 See Acts 2. 37.repented not.

17O Lord, when wilt thou look upon me? Deliver my soul from their mischief, mine only-begotten one from the lions.

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Cross References

Leviticus 17:10And whatever man of the children of Israel, or of the strangers abiding among you, shall eat any blood, I will even set my face against that soul that eats blood, and will destroy it from its people.

Job 18:17Let his memorial perish out of the earth, and his name shall be publicly cast out.

Psalms 33:18and delivered them out of all their afflictions.

Proverbs 10:7The memory of the just is praised; but the name of the ungodly man is extinguished.

Ecclesiastes 8:10And then I saw the ungodly carried into the tombs, and that out of the holy place: and they departed, and were praised in the city, because they had done thus: this also is vanity.

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 →

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