Psalm 34:17–19

The righteous cry, and Yahweh hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles.

Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.

Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but Yahweh delivers him out of them all.

The Holy Bible, World English Bible. Public domain. The WEB is a revision of the American Standard Version of 1901.

About this passagePsalm 34 is a song of thanksgiving, headed in the Hebrew text with a note tying it to an episode in David's life when he escaped danger by feigning madness. The psalm moves from public praise into instruction, and these three verses sit at the turn: they do not claim that the righteous are spared affliction, but that afflictions are many and that God is close to those breaking under them. "Broken heart" and "crushed spirit" translate physical metaphors — something shattered, something pressed flat.

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Provenance

Source.
The Holy Bible, World English Bible
Translator.
Michael Paul Johnson (editor), revising the American Standard Version
Rights.
Public domain
Text checked against.
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