Psalm 34:15-20

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.

19 s Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
t but the Lord delivers him out of them all.
 20 He keeps all his bones;
u not one of them is broken.

  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!
  8. Cross References
    2 Timothy 3:11 - 12
    My persecutions and sufferings that happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra - which persecutions I endured; yet from them all the Lord rescued me.
  9. Cross References
    Psalms 34:6
    This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him and saved him out of all his troubles.
    Psalms 34:17
    When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears and delivers them out of all their troubles.
    Psalms 34:22
    The Lord redeems the life of his servants; none of those who take refuge in him will be condemned.
    Acts 12:11
    When Peter came to himself, he said, "Now I am sure that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting.
  10. Cross References
    John 19:36
    For these things took place that the Scripture might be fulfilled: "Not one of his bones will be broken.
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