Psalms 34:19

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The godly face many dangers, but the LORD saves them from each one of them.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

קָר֣וֹב יְ֭הוָה לְנִשְׁבְּרֵי־לֵ֑ב וְֽאֶת־דַּכְּאֵי־ר֥וּחַ יוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃

Transliteration

Near is YHWH to broken ones of-lēb and ʾet-crushed ones of-rûaḥ yôšîaʿ

Grammar Details

• *qārôb*: adjective masculine singular - near
• *YHWH*: divine name
• *nišbərê*: Niphal participle masculine plural construct - broken ones of
• *lēb*: noun masculine singular - heart
• *dakkəʾê*: Piel participle masculine plural construct - crushed ones of
• *rûaḥ*: noun feminine singular - spirit
• *yôšîaʿ*: Hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he will save

Word Meanings

• *qārôb*: near/close/at hand
• *nišbərê*: broken ones of/shattered ones of
• *lēb*: heart/mind/will
• *dakkəʾê*: crushed ones of/contrite ones of/oppressed ones of
• *rûaḥ*: spirit/breath/wind
• *yôšîaʿ*: he will save/deliver/help

Referenced Verses

• Ps 34:17 : 17 The godly cry out and the LORD hears; he saves them from all their troubles.
• Ps 34:6 : 6 This oppressed man cried out and the LORD heard; he saved him from all his troubles.
• 2 Cor 4:17 : 17 For our momentary, light suffering is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison
• 2 Tim 3:11-12 : 11 as well as the persecutions and sufferings that happened to me in Antioch, in Iconium, and in Lystra. I endured these persecutions and the Lord delivered me from them all. 12 Now in fact all who want to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
• 1 Pet 4:12-13 : 12 Dear friends, do not be astonished that a trial by fire is occurring among you, as though something strange were happening to you. 13 But rejoice in the degree that you have shared in the sufferings of Christ, so that when his glory is revealed you may also rejoice and be glad.
• Prov 24:16 : 16 Indeed a righteous person will fall seven times, and then get up again, but the guilty will collapse in calamity.
• John 16:33 : 33 I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble and suffering, but take courage– I have conquered the world.”
• Ps 34:4 : 4 I sought the LORD’s help and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears.
• Job 5:19 : 19 He will deliver you from six calamities; yes, in seven no evil will touch you.
• Ps 71:20 : 20 Though you have allowed me to experience much trouble and distress, revive me once again! Bring me up once again from the depths of the earth!
• 2 Cor 4:7-9 : 7 An Eternal Weight of Glory But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that the extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from us. 8 We are experiencing trouble on every side, but are not crushed; we are perplexed, but not driven to despair; 9 we are persecuted, but not abandoned; we are knocked down, but not destroyed, 10 always carrying around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our body. 11 For we who are alive are constantly being handed over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our mortal body. 12 As a result, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.
• Acts 14:22 : 22 They strengthened the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue in the faith, saying,“We must enter the kingdom of God through many persecutions.”
• Heb 11:33-38 : 33 Through faith they conquered kingdoms, administered justice, gained what was promised, shut the mouths of lions, 34 quenched raging fire, escaped the edge of the sword, gained strength in weakness, became mighty in battle, put foreign armies to flight, 35 and women received back their dead raised to life. But others were tortured, not accepting release, to obtain resurrection to a better life. 36 And others experienced mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. 37 They were stoned, sawed apart, murdered with the sword; they went about in sheepskins and goatskins; they were destitute, afflicted, ill-treated 38 (the world was not worthy of them); they wandered in deserts and mountains and caves and openings in the earth.
• 2 Cor 11:23-27 : 23 Are they servants of Christ?(I am talking like I am out of my mind!) I am even more so: with much greater labors, with far more imprisonments, with more severe beatings, facing death many times. 24 Five times I received from the Jews forty lashes less one. 25 Three times I was beaten with a rod. Once I received a stoning. Three times I suffered shipwreck. A night and a day I spent adrift in the open sea. 26 I have been on journeys many times, in dangers from rivers, in dangers from robbers, in dangers from my own countrymen, in dangers from Gentiles, in dangers in the city, in dangers in the wilderness, in dangers at sea, in dangers from false brothers, 27 in hard work and toil, through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, many times without food, in cold and without enough clothing.
• 1 Thess 3:3-4 : 3 so that no one would be shaken by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that we are destined for this. 4 For in fact when we were with you, we were telling you in advance that we would suffer affliction, and so it has happened, as you well know.
• Jas 5:10-11 : 10 As an example of suffering and patience, brothers and sisters, take the prophets who spoke in the Lord’s name. 11 Think of how we regard as blessed those who have endured. You have heard of Job’s endurance and you have seen the Lord’s purpose, that the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
• Rev 7:14-17 : 14 So I said to him,“My lord, you know the answer.” Then he said to me,“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! 15 For this reason they are before the throne of God, and they serve him day and night in his temple, and the one seated on the throne will shelter them. 16 They will never go hungry or be thirsty again, and the sun will not beat down on them, nor any burning heat, 17 because the Lamb in the middle of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
• Job 42:12 : 12 So the LORD blessed the second part of Job’s life more than the first. He had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.