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Psalms 34:19

Disciples so often get into trouble; still, God is there every time.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   Thompson Chain Reference - Afflicted, Promises, Divine;   Afflictions;   God's;   Promises, Divine;   The Topic Concordance - Affliction;   Deliverance;   Jesus Christ;   Righteousness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Afflicted Saints;   Afflictions Made Beneficial;   Righteousness;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Letters;   Psalms, the Book of;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Abimelech;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Affliction;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Afflictions;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Abimelech;   Achish;   Acrostic;   David;   English Versions;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Psalms;   Sin;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Septuagint;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Abimelech;   Achish;   Lamentations of jeremiah;   Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Affliction;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for May 29;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
One who is righteous has many adversities,but the Lord rescues him from them all.
Hebrew Names Version
Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But the LORD delivers him out of them all.
King James Version
Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all.
English Standard Version
Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all.
New Century Version
People who do what is right may have many problems, but the Lord will solve them all.
New English Translation
The godly face many dangers, but the Lord saves them from each one of them.
Amplified Bible
Many hardships and perplexing circumstances confront the righteous, But the LORD rescues him from them all.
New American Standard Bible
The afflictions of the righteous are many, But the LORD rescues him from them all.
World English Bible
Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But Yahweh delivers him out of them all.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Great are the troubles of the righteous: but the Lord deliuereth him out of them all.
Legacy Standard Bible
Many are the evils against the righteous,But Yahweh delivers him out of them all.
Berean Standard Bible
Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all.
Contemporary English Version
The Lord 's people may suffer a lot, but he will always bring them safely through.
Complete Jewish Bible
Adonai is near those with broken hearts; he saves those whose spirit is crushed.
Darby Translation
Many are the adversities of the righteous, but Jehovah delivereth him out of them all:
Easy-to-Read Version
Good people might have many problems, but the Lord will take them all away.
George Lamsa Translation
Many are the afflictions of the righteous; but the LORD delivers him out of them all.
Good News Translation
Good people suffer many troubles, but the Lord saves them from them all;
Lexham English Bible
Many are the distresses of the righteous, but Yahweh delivers him out of them all.
Literal Translation
Many are the evils of the righteous, but Jehovah helps him out of them all,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Greate are ye troubles of the rightuous, but the LORDE delyuereth them out of all.
American Standard Version
Many are the afflictions of the righteous; But Jehovah delivereth him out of them all.
Bible in Basic English
Great are the troubles of the upright: but the Lord takes him safely out of them all.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, and saveth such as are of a contrite spirit.
King James Version (1611)
Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord deliuereth him out of them all.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Great are the troubles of the righteous: but God deliuereth him out of all.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but out of them all Lord will deliver them.
English Revised Version
Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Many tribulaciouns ben of iust men; and the Lord schal delyuere hem fro alle these.
Update Bible Version
Many are the afflictions of the righteous; But Yahweh delivers him out of them all.
Webster's Bible Translation
Many [are] the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
New King James Version
Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But the LORD delivers him out of them all.
New Living Translation
The righteous person faces many troubles, but the Lord comes to the rescue each time.
New Life Bible
A man who does what is right and good may have many troubles. But the Lord takes him out of them all.
New Revised Standard
Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord rescues them from them all.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Many are the misfortunes of the righteous, But, out of them all, doth Yahweh rescue him.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(33-20) Many are the afflictions of the just; but out of them all will the Lord deliver them.
Revised Standard Version
Many are the afflictions of the righteous; but the LORD delivers him out of them all.
Young's Literal Translation
Many [are] the evils of the righteous, Out of them all doth Jehovah deliver him.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But the Lord delivers him out of them all.

Contextual Overview

11 Come, children, listen closely; I'll give you a lesson in God worship. 12 Who out there has a lust for life? Can't wait each day to come upon beauty? 13 Guard your tongue from profanity, and no more lying through your teeth. 14 Turn your back on sin; do something good. Embrace peace—don't let it get away! 15 God keeps an eye on his friends, his ears pick up every moan and groan. 16 God won't put up with rebels; he'll cull them from the pack. 17 Is anyone crying for help? God is listening, ready to rescue you. 18 If your heart is broken, you'll find God right there; if you're kicked in the gut, he'll help you catch your breath. 19 Disciples so often get into trouble; still, God is there every time. 20 He's your bodyguard, shielding every bone; not even a finger gets broken.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Many: Psalms 71:20, Job 5:19, Job 30:9-31, Job 42:12, Proverbs 24:16, John 16:33, Acts 14:22, 2 Corinthians 4:7-12, 2 Corinthians 4:17, 2 Corinthians 11:23-27, 1 Thessalonians 3:3, 1 Thessalonians 3:4, 2 Timothy 3:11, 2 Timothy 3:12, Hebrews 11:33-38, James 5:10, James 5:11, 1 Peter 4:12, 1 Peter 4:13, Revelation 7:14-17

but: Psalms 34:6, Psalms 34:17

Reciprocal: Genesis 12:10 - was a Genesis 42:36 - all these things are against me Ruth 1:3 - and she was 1 Samuel 19:10 - he slipped 1 Samuel 19:12 - Michal 1 Samuel 30:3 - burned 2 Samuel 20:1 - And there 2 Samuel 22:1 - in 1 Kings 1:29 - hath Job 1:18 - Thy sons Psalms 18:1 - in the day Psalms 18:27 - save Psalms 25:17 - General Psalms 32:10 - Many Psalms 37:24 - Though Psalms 41:1 - Lord Psalms 54:7 - For he Psalms 73:14 - For all Psalms 119:107 - afflicted Psalms 129:2 - yet they have Psalms 143:11 - bring Proverbs 12:13 - but Isaiah 54:11 - thou afflicted Jeremiah 30:7 - but Daniel 3:23 - fell Luke 16:20 - full Acts 26:17 - Delivering 2 Corinthians 1:10 - General Philippians 2:27 - but God 1 Peter 1:6 - manifold

Cross-References

Genesis 29:20
So Jacob worked seven years for Rachel. But it only seemed like a few days, he loved her so much.
Genesis 34:5
Jacob heard that Shechem had raped his daughter Dinah, but his sons were out in the fields with the livestock so he didn't say anything until they got home. Hamor, Shechem's father, went to Jacob to work out marriage arrangements. Meanwhile Jacob's sons on their way back from the fields heard what had happened. They were outraged, explosive with anger. Shechem's rape of Jacob's daughter was intolerable in Israel and not to be put up with.
Genesis 34:8
Hamor spoke with Jacob and his sons, "My son Shechem is head over heels in love with your daughter—give her to him as his wife. Intermarry with us. Give your daughters to us and we'll give our daughters to you. Live together with us as one family. Settle down among us and make yourselves at home. Prosper among us."
Numbers 22:15
Balak sent another group of nobles, higher ranking and more distinguished. They came to Balaam and said, "Balak son of Zippor says, ‘Please, don't refuse to come to me. I will honor and reward you lavishly—anything you tell me to do, I'll do; I'll pay anything—only come and curse this people.'"
1 Samuel 22:14
Ahimelech answered the king, "There's not an official in your administration as true to you as David, your own son-in-law and captain of your bodyguard. None more honorable either. Do you think that was the first time I prayed with him for God's guidance? Hardly! But don't accuse me of any wrongdoing, me or my family. I have no idea what you're trying to get at with this ‘outlaw' talk."
2 Kings 5:1
Naaman was general of the army under the king of Aram. He was important to his master, who held him in the highest esteem because it was by him that God had given victory to Aram: a truly great man, but afflicted with a grievous skin disease. It so happened that Aram, on one of its raiding expeditions against Israel, captured a young girl who became a maid to Naaman's wife. One day she said to her mistress, "Oh, if only my master could meet the prophet of Samaria, he would be healed of his skin disease."
1 Chronicles 4:9
Jabez was a better man than his brothers, a man of honor. His mother had named him Jabez (Oh, the pain!), saying, "A painful birth! I bore him in great pain!" Jabez prayed to the God of Israel: "Bless me, O bless me! Give me land, large tracts of land. And provide your personal protection—don't let evil hurt me." God gave him what he asked.
Song of Solomon 8:6
The Woman Hang my locket around your neck, wear my ring on your finger. Love is invincible facing danger and death. Passion laughs at the terrors of hell. The fire of love stops at nothing— it sweeps everything before it. Flood waters can't drown love, torrents of rain can't put it out. Love can't be bought, love can't be sold— it's not to be found in the marketplace. My brothers used to worry about me: "Our little sister has no breasts. What shall we do with our little sister when men come asking for her? She's a virgin and vulnerable, and we'll protect her. If they think she's a wall, we'll top it with barbed wire. If they think she's a door, we'll barricade it." Dear brothers, I'm a walled-in virgin still, but my breasts are full— And when my lover sees me, he knows he'll soon be satisfied.

The Man

King Solomon may have vast vineyards in lush, fertile country, Where he hires others to work the ground. People pay anything to get in on that bounty. But my vineyard is all mine, and I'm keeping it to myself. You can have your vast vineyards, Solomon, you and your greedy guests! Oh, lady of the gardens, my friends are with me listening. Let me hear your voice!

The Woman

Run to me, dear lover. Come like a gazelle. Leap like a wild stag on the spice mountains.
Acts 13:50
Some of the Jews convinced the most respected women and leading men of the town that their precious way of life was about to be destroyed. Alarmed, they turned on Paul and Barnabas and forced them to leave. Paul and Barnabas shrugged their shoulders and went on to the next town, Iconium, brimming with joy and the Holy Spirit, two happy disciples.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Many [are] the afflictions of the righteous,.... This may be understood of some one particular righteous person, since the singular number is here made use of; whereas the plural is always used before, when the righteous are made mention of; and the Lord Jesus Christ may be designed, who is eminently and emphatically "the righteous"; he is righteous both as God and man, and as Mediator, in the discharge of every branch of his office; and his afflictions were many, which he endured from men, from devils, and from God himself: many were the afflictions of his body, which he bore when buffeted, scourged, and crucified; and many were the afflictions of his soul, when he bore the sins of his people, endured the wrath of God for them, and was forsaken by him; though none of these were for any sins of his own, but for the sins of others; and out of them all the Lord delivered him at last, and set him at his own right hand; or this may be understood of everyone of the righteous; who, though they are justified from sin, and are saved from wrath, yet have many afflictions; which are "evils" in themselves, as the word m may be rendered, and are very troublesome and distressing; and these are great and grievous for quality, and many and abundant for quantity; though no more than it is the will of God should be, and not one too many;

but the Lord delivereth him out of them all; as Christ was, and all his people will be; if not in this life, by giving respites and intervals, as he sometimes does; yet hereafter, when the righteous are completely delivered out of all their trials and exercises, so as that they shall never return more upon them. The word translated "afflictions", as it signifies "evils", may be safely interpreted of moral evils, as well as of evils of afflictions: it is the same word that is used for moral evil in Psalms 34:21; and then the sense is, that many are the sins committed by righteous persons; for there are none without sin, in many things they all offend; yet they shall not perish by them, but they shall be delivered from them; as, from the dominion of them by the power of grace, and from the guilt of them by the blood of Christ, and from condemnation for them through his righteousness; so hereafter from the very being of them, and all molestation and disturbance by them.

m רעות "mala", Pagninus, Montanus, Musculus, Cocceius, Gejerus, Michaelis; so Ainsworth.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Many are the afflictions of the righteous - This is not intended to affirm that the afflictions of the righteous are more numerous or more severe than the afflictions of other men, but that they are subjected to much suffering, and to many trials. Religion does not exempt them from suffering, but it sustains them in it; it does not deliver them from all trials in this life, but it supports them in their trials, which it teaches them to consider as a preparation for the life to come. There are, indeed, sorrows which are special to the righteous, or which come upon them in virtue of their religion, as the trials of persecution; but there are sorrows, also, that are special to the wicked - such as are the effects of intemperance, dishonesty, crime. The latter are more numerous by far than the former; so that it is still true that the wicked suffer more than the righteous in this life.

But the Lord delivereth him out of them all - See the notes at Psalms 34:17.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 34:19. Many are the afflictions of the righteous — No commander would do justice to a brave and skilful soldier, by refusing him opportunities to put his skill and bravery to proof by combating with the adversary; or by preventing him from taking the post of danger when necessity required it. The righteous are God's soldiers. He suffers them to be tried, and sometimes to enter into the hottest of the battle and in their victory the power and influence of the grace of God is shown, as well as their faithfulness.

Delivereth him out of them all. — He may well combat heartily, who knows that if he fight in the Lord, he shall necessarily be the conqueror.


 
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