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Text -- Psalms 34:16-22 (NET)
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34:16 But the Lord opposes evildoers and wipes out all memory of them from the earth .
34:17 The godly cry out and the Lord hears ; he saves them from all their troubles .
34:18 The Lord is near the brokenhearted ; he delivers those who are discouraged .
34:19 The godly face many dangers , but the Lord saves them from each one of them .
34:20 He protects all his bones ; not one of them is broken .
34:21 Evil people self-destruct ; those who hate the godly are punished .
34:22 The Lord rescues his servants ; all who take shelter in him escape punishment .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Dictionary Themes and Topics:
ABIMELECH |
Praise |
ACHISH |
LAMENTATIONS, BOOK OF |
David |
Pods |
BEHAVIOR |
PSALMS, BOOK OF |
Nob |
ACROSTIC |
Poetry |
God |
Afflictions and Adversities |
Quotations and Allusions |
Wicked |
CONTRITE; CONTRITION |
Jesus, The Christ |
Prayer |
Righteous |
Repentance |
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NET Notes: Psa 34:16 Heb “the face of the Lord [is] against the doers of evil to cut off from the earth memory of them.”
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NET Notes: Psa 34:17 The three perfect verbal forms are taken in a generalizing sense in v. 17 and translated with the present tense (note the generalizing mood of vv. 18-...
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NET Notes: Psa 34:20 Not one of them is broken. The author of the Gospel of John saw a fulfillment of these words in Jesus’ experience on the cross (see John 19:31-3...
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NET Notes: Psa 34:21 Heb “are guilty,” but the verb is sometimes used metonymically with the meaning “to suffer the consequences of guilt,” the eff...
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