God’s Word Translation
Psalms 34:5
5All who look to him will be radiant. Their faces will never be covered with shame.
Psalms 34:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.
- New International Version (NIV)Those who look to him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Those who look to him are radiant, and their faces shall never be ashamed.
- New King James Version (NKJV)They looked to Him and were radiant, And their faces were not ashamed.
Context of Psalms 34:5
3Praise the Lord’s greatness with me. Let us highly honor his name together. 4I went to the Lord for help. He answered me and rescued me from all my fears. All who look to him will be radiant. Their faces will never be covered with shame. 6Here is a poor man who called out. The Lord heard him and saved him from all his troubles. 7The Messenger of the Lord camps around those who fear him, and he rescues them.
Read all of Psalms 34Psalms 34:5 word by word
הִבִּ֣יטוּ אֵלָ֣יו וְנָהָ֑רוּ וּ֝פְנֵיהֶ֗ם אַל־יֶחְפָּֽרוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 34:5
- Psalms 123:1I look up to you, to the one who sits enthroned in heaven.
- Isaiah 45:22Turn to me and be saved, all who live at the ends of the earth, because I am God, and there is no other.
- Hebrews 12:2We must focus on Jesus, the source and goal of our faith. He saw the joy ahead of him, so he endured death on the cross and ignored the disgrace it brought him. Now he holds the honored position—the one next to God the Father on the heavenly throne.
- Psalms 13:3Look at me! Answer me, O Lord my God! Light up my eyes, or else I will die
- Psalms 18:28O Lord, you light my lamp. My God turns my darkness into light.
- Psalms 97:11Light dawns for righteous people and joy for those whose motives are decent.
- Esther 8:16So the Jews were cheerful, happy, joyful, and successful.
- Psalms 83:16Let their faces blush with shame, O Lord, so that they must look to you for help.
- 2 Samuel 19:5Then Joab came into the house. “Today you have made all your men feel ashamed,” he said. “They saved your life and the lives of your sons, daughters, wives, and concubines today.
Commentaries on Psalms 34:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5They looked unto him - Instead of הביטו hibbitu, they looked, several of Dr. Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS. have הביטו habbitu, with the point pathach, "Look ye." And their faces were not ashamed - Some MSS., and the Complutensian Polyglot, make this clause the beginning of a new verse and as it begins with a vau, ופניהם upheneyhem, "and their faces," they make it supply the place of the verse which appears to be lost; but see what is said in the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5They looked unto him - That is, they who were with the psalmist. He was not alone when he fled to Abimelech; and the meaning here is, that each one of those who were with him looked to God, and found light and comfort in Him. The psalmist seems to have had his thoughts here suddenly turned from himself to those who were with him, and to have called to his remembrance how they “all” looked to God in their troubles, and how they all found relief. And were…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-6The psalmist describes his experiences of answered prayer.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-75-7. God's favor to the pious generally, and to himself specially, is celebrated. looked--with desire for help. lightened--or, "brightened," expressing joy, opposed to the downcast features of those who are ashamed or disappointed (Psa 25:2, 3).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 34
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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