He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.
Parallel translations
- WEB He will fulfill the desire of those who fear him. He also will hear their cry, and will save them.
- BSB He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and saves them.
- NKJV He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him; He also will hear their cry and save them.
- NASB He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him; He will also hear their cry for help and save them.
- NLT He grants the desires of those who fear him; he hears their cries for help and rescues them.
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God fulfills the desires of those who fear Him, hears their cry, and saves them. He responds to the reverent prayers of His people.
Overview
Those who fear the Lord find Him attentive to their longings and ready to deliver. This is not a promise of every wish granted but of God's saving care for His own. Such salvation is fully secured in Christ, who hears and saves all who come to God through Him.
Cross-references & the web
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- Ps 37:4Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
- Eph 3:16–20That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
- John 15:7If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
- Matt 5:6Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
- 1 Jn 5:15And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
- Ps 91:15He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
- John 16:24Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
- John 15:16Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
- Ps 20:4Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.
- Ps 34:17The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
- Ps 34:9O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.
- Ps 37:19They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
- Prov 15:29The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.
- Ps 36:7–8How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
- Ps 37:39–40But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble.
- Luke 1:53He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
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