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The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible
Psalms 34:5
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Those who look to him are radiant with joy;their faces will never be ashamed.
They looked to him, and were radiant. Their faces shall never be covered with shame.
They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.
Those who look to him are radiant, and their faces shall never be ashamed.
Those who go to him for help are happy, and they are never disgraced.
Those who look to him for help are happy; their faces are not ashamed.
They looked to Him and were radiant; Their faces will never blush in shame or confusion.
They looked to Him and were radiant, And their faces will never be ashamed.
They looked to him, and were radiant. Their faces shall never be covered with shame.
They shall looke vnto him, and runne to him: and their faces shall not be ashamed, saying,
They looked to Him and were radiant,And their faces will never be humiliated.
Keep your eyes on the Lord ! You will shine like the sun and never blush with shame.
I sought Adonai , and he answered me; he rescued me from everything I feared.
They looked unto him, and were enlightened, and their faces were not confounded.
If you look to him for help, he will put a smile on your face. You will have no need to be ashamed.
Look towards him and trust in him, and you shall not be disappointed.
The oppressed look to him and are glad; they will never be disappointed.
They looked to him and were radiant, and their faces shall not be ashamed.
They looked to Him and were filled with light; and their faces were not ashamed.
They that haue an eye vnto him, shalbe lightened, & their faces shall not be ashamed.
They looked unto him, and were radiant; And their faces shall never be confounded.
Let your eyes be turned to him and you will have light, and your faces will not be shamed.
I sought the LORD, and He answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.
They looked vnto him, and were lightned: and their faces were not ashamed.
Let them turne their eyes on him, and make speede to come vnto hym: and their faces shall not be ashamed.
Draw near to him, and be enlightened: and your faces shall not by any means be ashamed.
They looked unto him, and were lightened:
Neiye ye to him, and be ye liytned; and youre faces schulen not be schent.
They looked to him, and were radiant; And their faces shall never be confounded.
They looked to him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.
They looked to Him and were radiant, And their faces were not ashamed.
Those who look to him for help will be radiant with joy; no shadow of shame will darken their faces.
They looked to Him and their faces shined with joy. Their faces will never be ashamed.
Look to him, and be radiant; so your faces shall never be ashamed.
They looked unto him and were radiant, And, as for their faces, let them not be abashed.
(33-6) Come ye to him and be enlightened: and your faces shall not be confounded.
Look to him, and be radiant; so your faces shall never be ashamed.
They looked expectingly unto Him, And they became bright, And their faces are not ashamed.
Look at him; give him your warmest smile. Never hide your feelings from him.
They looked to Him and were radiant, And their faces will never be ashamed.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
They: Psalms 123:1, Psalms 123:2, Isaiah 45:22, Hebrews 12:2
and were: Psalms 13:3, Psalms 18:28, Psalms 97:11, Esther 8:16
lightened: or, flowed unto him
their: Psalms 83:16, 2 Samuel 19:5
Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 20:4 - ask help of the Lord Ezra 9:8 - lighten Psalms 31:17 - Let me Isaiah 38:5 - I have heard Micah 7:7 - I will look Philippians 4:6 - in
Cross-References
That very day Laban removed all the streaked or spotted male goats and every speckled or spotted female goat-every one that had any white on it-and every dark-colored lamb, and he placed them under the care of his sons.
But because Shechem had defiled their sister Dinah, Jacob's sons answered him and his father Hamor deceitfully.
"We cannot do such a thing," they said. "To give our sister to an uncircumcised man would be a disgrace to us.
Then Moses said to Aaron, "This is what the LORD meant when He said: 'To those who come near Me I will show My holiness, and in the sight of all the people I will reveal My glory.'" But Aaron remained silent.
But some worthless men said, "How can this man deliver us?" So they despised him and brought him no gifts; but Saul held his peace.
And Samuel asked him, "Are these all the sons you have?" "There is still the youngest," Jesse replied, "but he is tending the sheep." "Send for him," Samuel replied. "For we will not sit down to eat until he arrives."
but David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father's sheep in Bethlehem.
And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad, because he hated Amnon for disgracing his sister Tamar.
I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because it is You who have done this.
Meanwhile the older son was in the field, and as he approached the house, he heard music and dancing.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
They looked to him, and were lightened,.... That is, "the humble" ones, Psalms 34:2; and so this is a reason why they should join in praising and magnifying the Lord; these "looked" up to God in prayer and by faith, when in distressed and uncomfortable circumstances, for help and deliverance, and a supply of every needful good thing; and they were "enlightened"; so the Targum renders it, "their faces were enlightened"; as Jarchi and Aben Ezra interpret it, in opposition to what follows: they must have been enlightened before they could look, but by looking to the Lord more light was gained: this chiefly designs the light of joy, peace, and comfort, which is had in a way of believing: some render the word "and flowed" l, as a river does, that is, to the Lord, as in Jeremiah 31:12. So Kimchi and Ben Melech explain the word; and it denotes both the numbers of them that looked up to the Lord in their distress, and the swiftness of their motion to him, and their earnestness and fervour of mind; so faith is not only a looking to Christ, but a going forth unto him;
and their faces were not ashamed; having what they prayed and looked for, and what they hoped and believed they should have; namely, deliverance and salvation, and so peace and pleasure.
l ונהדו "et confluunt", Junius Tremellius, Michaelis "et instar fluvii irruerint", Piscator, Amama; "et confluxerunt", Gejerus.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
They looked unto him - That is, they who were with the psalmist. He was not alone when he fled to Abimelech; and the meaning here is, that each one of those who were with him looked to God, and found light and comfort in Him. The psalmist seems to have had his thoughts here suddenly turned from himself to those who were with him, and to have called to his remembrance how they “all” looked to God in their troubles, and how they all found relief.
And were lightened - Or, “enlightened.” They found light. Their faces, as we should say, “brightened up,” or they became cheerful. Their minds were made calm, for they felt assured that God would protect them. Nothing could better express what often occurs in the time of trouble, when the heart is sad, and when the countenance is sorrowful - a dark cloud apparently having come over all things - if one thus looks to God. The burden is removed from the heart, and the countenance becomes radiant with hope and joy. The margin here, however, is, “They flowed unto him.” The Hebrew word, נהר nâhar, means sometimes “to flow, to flow together,” Isaiah 2:2; Jeremiah 31:12; Jeremiah 51:44; but it also means “to shine, to be bright;” and thence, “to be cheered, to rejoice,” Isaiah 60:5. This is probably the idea here, for this interpretation is better suited to the connection in which the word occurs.
And their faces were not ashamed - That is, they were not ashamed of having put their trust in God, or they were not disappointed. They had not occasion to confess that it was a vain reliance, or that they had been foolish in thus trusting him. Compare Job 6:20, note; Psalms 22:5, note; Romans 9:33, note; 1 John 2:28, note. The idea here is, that they found God to be all that they expected or hoped that he would be. They had no cause to repent of what they had done. What was true of them will be true of all who put their trust in God.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 34:5. They looked unto him — Instead of הביטו hibbitu, they looked, several of Dr. Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS. have הביטו habbitu, with the point pathach, "Look ye."
And their faces were not ashamed. — Some MSS., and the Complutensian Polyglot, make this clause the beginning of a new verse and as it begins with a vau, ופניהם upheneyhem, "and their faces," they make it supply the place of the verse which appears to be lost; but see what is said in the introduction before the first verse.
