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I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.
Psalms 34:4 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB I sought Yahweh, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.
  • BSB I sought the LORD, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears.
  • NKJV I sought the Lord, and He heard me, And delivered me from all my fears.
  • NASB ¶I sought the Lord and He answered me, And rescued me from all my fears.
  • NLT I prayed to the Lord, and he answered me. He freed me from all my fears.

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Quick answer

David sought the Lord, who answered him and delivered him from all his fears.

Overview

David testifies that seeking God brought a real answer and freedom from fear. Prayer met with deliverance is the heart of his thanksgiving. This pattern of seeking and being answered is fulfilled in Christ, through whom we draw near to God with confidence.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 18

  • Ps 18:6In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
  • Matt 7:7Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
  • Ps 116:1–6I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications.
  • Ps 56:3What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
  • 2 Tim 1:7For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
  • Isa 12:2Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
  • Jonah 2:2And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.
  • Ps 31:22For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.
  • Heb 5:7Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
  • Ps 27:1–2The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
  • Luke 11:9And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
  • 2 Cor 12:8–9For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.
  • Ps 22:24For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.
  • Ps 46:2Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
  • 2 Chr 15:2And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
  • Ps 77:1–2I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me.
  • 2 Cor 7:5–6For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.
  • 1 Sam 27:1And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.

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  • VideoBibleProject — Psalms videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — verse-by-verseDavid Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

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Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 34:4 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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