Bible Strands
Psalms 34:6
This poor man called out, and the LORD heard him; He saved him from all his troubles.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — David testifies retrospectively, likely from the Gath episode (1 Sam 21), addressing a general audience. He has already been delivered and is recounting the event as evidence of God's character.
The words — עָנִי ('a.Ni) means not merely "poor" but "afflicted, low, in distress," identifying the caller by his helpless condition rather than his status. קָרָא (qara') is an urgent, loud call, not a quiet request.
The thread — Psalms 34:17 repeats the pattern with "righteous" substituted for "poor man," and Psalms 3:4 and 10:17 echo the same cry–hear–deliver sequence.
Why it lands — The verse is a completed testimony, not a conditional promise; it presents the poor man's call as the trigger, not the qualification. It asks the reader to see their own distress as the very condition that makes the call possible, not an obstacle to it.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
Cross-references
- Psalms 34:17 The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears; He delivers them from all their troubles.
- Psalms 3:4 To the LORD I cry aloud, and He answers me from His holy mountain. Selah
- Psalms 10:17 You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts. You will incline Your ear,
- Psalms 66:16 Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will declare what He has done for me.
- Psalms 40:17 But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my helper and deliverer; O my God, do not delay.
- 2 Samuel 22:1 And David sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.
- Genesis 48:16 the angel who has redeemed me from all harm—may He bless these boys. And may they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they grow into a multitude upon the earth.”
- Revelation 7:14 “Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.