Bible Strands
Psalms 34:9
Fear the LORD, you His saints, for those who fear Him lack nothing.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — David addresses "his holy ones" (qedoshav), the covenant community already belonging to Yahweh, positioned between an invitation to taste (v.8) and a contrast with starving lions (v.10).
The words — קְדֹשָׁיו (qedoshav), "his holy ones," names the audience as set-apart and owned by Yahweh; מַחְסוֹר (machsor), "lack," is the noun the verse flatly denies for them.
The thread — Psalms 23:1 echoes the same claim ("I shall not want"); Philippians 4:19 and Romans 8:32 extend the logic of God's provision into the New Testament economy.
Why it lands — It grounds provision in belonging to Yahweh rather than in performance, and asks the reader to rest on that belonging instead of on self-sufficiency.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
O fear the Lord, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.
Cross-references
- Romans 8:32 He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?
- Philippians 4:19 And my God will supply all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
- Psalms 23:1 A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
- Luke 12:30 For the Gentiles of the world strive after all these things, and your Father knows that you need them.
- Psalms 31:23 Love the LORD, all His saints. The LORD preserves the faithful, but fully repays the arrogant.
- Genesis 22:12 “Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him,” said the angel, “for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from me.”
- Psalms 89:7 In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him.
- Revelation 15:3 and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!
- Psalms 22:23 You who fear the LORD, praise Him! All descendants of Jacob, honor Him! All offspring of Israel, revere Him!
- Isaiah 8:13 The LORD of Hosts is the One you shall regard as holy. Only He should be feared; only He should be dreaded.