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Psalms 34:9
9Fear the Lord, you his holy people, for those who fear him lack nothing.
Psalms 34:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)O fear the Lord, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Oh, fear the Lord, you his saints, for those who fear him have no lack!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Oh, fear the Lord, you His saints! There is no want to those who fear Him.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Fear the Lord, you his godly people, for those who fear him will have all they need.
Context of Psalms 34:9
7The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and he delivers them. 8Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him. Fear the Lord, you his holy people, for those who fear him lack nothing. 10The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing. 11Come, my children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
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יְר֣אוּ אֶת־יְהוָ֣ה קְדֹשָׁ֑יו כִּי־אֵ֥ין מַ֝חְס֗וֹר לִירֵאָֽיו׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 34:9
- Psalms 22:23You who fear the Lord, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor him! Revere him, all you descendants of Israel!
- Psalms 31:23Love the Lord, all his faithful people! The Lord preserves those who are true to him, but the proud he pays back in full.
- Psalms 89:7In the council of the holy ones God is greatly feared; he is more awesome than all who surround him.
- Genesis 22:12“Do not lay a hand on the boy,” he said. “Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son.”
- Isaiah 8:13The Lord Almighty is the one you are to regard as holy, he is the one you are to fear, he is the one you are to dread.
- Hosea 3:5Afterward the Israelites will return and seek the Lord their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the Lord and to his blessings in the last days.
- Revelation 15:3and sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and marvelous are your deeds, Lord God Almighty. Just and true are your ways, King of the nations.
- Psalms 23:1The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.
- Luke 12:30For the pagan world runs after all such things, and your Father knows that you need them.
- Romans 8:32He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?
- 1 Corinthians 3:22whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future—all are yours,
- Philippians 4:19And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.
Commentaries on Psalms 34:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9There is no want to them that fear him - He who truly fears God loves him; and he who loves God obeys him, and to him who fears, loves, and obeys God, there can be no want of things essential to his happiness, whether spiritual or temporal, for this life or for that which is to come. This verse is wanting in the Syriac.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9O fear the Lord - Reverence him; honor him; confide in him. Compare Psalm 31:23. Ye his saints - His holy ones. All who profess to be his friends. This exhortation is addressed especially to the saints, or to the pious, because the speaker professed to be a friend of God, and had had personal experience of the truth of what he is here saying. It is the testimony of one child of God addressed to others, to encourage them by the result of his own…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-10Fear of the Lord includes reverence and respect, and it motivates a life of wisdom (see Proverbs 1:7; 9:10).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. that fear him--who are pious--fear and love (Pr 1:7; 9:10). saints--consecrated to His service (Is 40:31).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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