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Psalms 34:19
Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — David speaks in retrospect, recounting his own deliverance as a public testimony of praise to Yahweh. The moment is not crisis but gratitude after the fact.
The words — רָעוֹת (ra'ot, "troubles, evils") is plural and unqualified; the afflictions are not one but many. יַצִּילֶנּוּ (yatzilenu, "he delivers him") is Hiphil imperfect — ongoing, active rescue rather than a one-time extraction.
The thread — The psalm repeats the pattern in 34:6 and 34:17, and 1 Peter 4:12 echoes the expectation of trial without surprise. The bracketing verses (34:18, 34:20) frame deliverance as both nearness and bodily protection.
Why it lands — It asks the reader to stop treating affliction as evidence of abandonment and to stop expecting a single dramatic rescue. The claim is that the number of troubles is large and the deliverance is total — both at once.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all.
Cross-references
- Psalms 34:17 The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears; He delivers them from all their troubles.
- 1 Peter 4:12 Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to you.
- Psalms 34:6 This poor man called out, and the LORD heard him; He saved him from all his troubles.
- 2 Corinthians 4:17 For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.
- John 16:33 I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”
- Psalms 34:4 I sought the LORD, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears.
- 2 Timothy 3:11 my persecutions, and the sufferings that came upon me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them.
- Job 5:19 He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven.
- Proverbs 24:16 For though a righteous man may fall seven times, he still gets up; but the wicked stumble in bad times.
- 2 Corinthians 4:7 Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us.