Psalms 34:18 — King James Version← Study notes

“The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.”

Psalms 34:18 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 34:186 words

HebrewMeaning

צָעֲק֣וּṣāʿăqw

they cry outverbH6817

at all · cry · gather

וַ/יהוָ֣הwayhwāh

and YahwehconjH3068

the Lord. Compare

שָׁמֵ֑עַšāmēʿa

he hearsverbH8085

attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···

וּ/מִ/כָּלwmikāl

and from allconjH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

צָ֝רוֹתָ֗/םṣārwōtām

troubles theirnounH6869

adversity · affliction · anguish · distress ···

הִצִּילָֽ/םhiṣiylām

he delivers themverbH5337

at all · deliver · escape · without fail ···

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 34:18

A psalm of David, when he changed his countenance before Abimelech, and he sent him away, and he departed. 1. Because there was there a sacrifice after the order of Aaron, and afterwards He of His Own Body and Blood appointed a sacrifice after the order of Melchizedek; He changed then His Countenance in the Priesthood, and sent away the kingdom of the Jews, and came to the Gentiles. What then is, “He affected”? He was full of affection. For what is so full of affection as…
Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 34 (excerpt)

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