Psalms 34:16
(The face of Jehovah [is] on doers of evil, To cut off from earth their memorial.)
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
15The eyes of Jehovah [are] unto the righteous, And His ears unto their cry.
17They cried, and Jehovah heard, And from all their distresses delivered them.
Cross References
Leviticus 17:10'And any man of the house of Israel, or of the sojourners, who is sojourning in your midst, who eateth any blood, I have even set My face against the person who is eating the blood, and have cut him off from the midst of his people;
Job 18:17His memorial hath perished from the land, And he hath no name on the street.
Psalms 10:16Jehovah [is] king to the age, and for ever, The nations have perished out of His land!
Psalms 33:18Lo, the eye of Jehovah [is] to those fearing Him, To those waiting for His kindness,
Proverbs 10:7The remembrance of the righteous [is] for a blessing, And the name of the wicked doth rot.
Ecclesiastes 8:10And so I have seen the wicked buried, and they went in, even from the Holy Place they go, and they are forgotten in the city whether they had so done. 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 →