Psalms 34:15

34:14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.

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Yahweh’s eyes are toward the righteous. His ears listen to their cry.

The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.

The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their cry.

34:16 The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

What does Psalms 34:15 mean?

Psalms 34:15 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include עַיִן (ʻayin), יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh), צַדִּיק (tsaddîyq). It connects to 12 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

Hebrew interlinear

The

eyesעַיִןʻayin/ah'-yin/H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

the

LORDיְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

are

upon

the

righteous,צַדִּיקtsaddîyq/tsad-deek'/H6662just

and

his

earsאֹזֶןʼôzen/o'-zen/H241broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)

are

open

unto

their

cry.שַׁוְעָהshavʻâh/shav-aw'/H7775a hallooing

Commentary on Psalms 34:15

HENRY_FULL · Psalms 34:15

forts, and the expressions of delight in God's great goodness and dependence upon him. It is a psalm which has been sung by good Christians, and will be while the world stands, with a great deal of pleasure and satisfaction. I. The psalmist here claims relation to God, as his shepherd, ver. 1 . II. He recounts his experience of the kind things God had done for him as his shepherd, ver. 2, 3 , 5 . III. Hence he infers that he should want no good ( ver. 1 ), that he needed to fear no evil ( ver. 4 ), that God would never leave nor forsake him in a way of mercy; and therefore he resolves never to leave nor forsake God in a way of duty, ver. 6 . In this he had certainly an eye, not only to the blessings of God's providence, which made his outward condition prosperous, but to the communications of God's grace, received by a lively faith, and returned in a warm devotion, which filled his soul with joy unspeakable. And, as in the foregoing psalm he represented Christ dying for his sheep, so here he represents Christians receiving the benefit of all the care and tenderness of that great and good shepherd. The Divine Shepherd. 1 The Lord is my shepherd; I

Cross-references

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Ezekiel 34:13

And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country.

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Revelation 22:17

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