Psalm 34:15-18

Taste and See That the Lord Is Good

¹⁵ _m The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous
_n and his ears toward their cry.
¹⁶ _o The face of the Lord is against those who do evil,
to _p cut off the memory of them from the earth.
¹⁷ _n When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears
and delivers them out of all their troubles.
¹⁸ The Lord is near to _q the brokenhearted
and saves _r the crushed in spirit.

1. Cross References
   Psalms 33:18
   Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his steadfast love.
   
2. Cross References
   Psalms 34:6
   This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him and saved him out of all his troubles.
   Psalms 34:8
   Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!
   Psalms 145:18
   The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.
   John 9:31
   We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will, God listens to him.
   
3. Cross References
   Jeremiah 44:11
   Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will set my face against you for harm, to cut off all Judah.
   Amos 9:4
   And if they go into captivity before their enemies, there I will command the sword, and it shall kill them; and I will fix my eyes upon them for evil and not for good.
   
4. Cross References
   Psalms 21:10
   You will destroy their descendants from the earth, and their offspring from among the children of man.
   
5. Cross References
   Psalms 34:15
   The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous and his ears toward their cry.
   
6. Cross References
   Psalms 51:17
   The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
   Psalms 147:3
   He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
   Isaiah 61:1
   The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound.
   
7. Cross References
   Isaiah 57:15
   For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: "I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
   Isaiah 66:2
   All these things my hand has made, and so all these things came to be, declares the Lord. But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word.
   Luke 15:17 - 24
   But when he came to himself, he said, 'How many of my father's hired servants have more than enough bread, but I perish here with hunger!