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Psalms 34:9
9Taste and see how good Adonai is. Blessed is the one who takes refuge in Him.
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.
- New International Version (NIV)Fear the Lord, you his holy people, for those who fear him lack nothing.
- 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.
Context of Psalms 34:9
7This poor man cried, and Adonai heard, and saved him out of all his troubles. 8The angel of Adonai encamps around those who fear Him, and delivers them. Taste and see how good Adonai is. Blessed is the one who takes refuge in Him. 10Fear Adonai, His kedoshim, For those who fear Him lack nothing. 11Young lions may lack, and go hungry, but those who seek Adonai want for no good thing.
Read all of Psalms 34Psalms 34:9 word by word
יְר֣אוּ אֶת־יְהוָ֣ה קְדֹשָׁ֑יו כִּי־אֵ֥ין מַ֝חְס֗וֹר לִירֵאָֽיו׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 34:9
- Psalms 22:23I will declare Your Name to my brothers. I will praise You amid the congregation.
- Psalms 31:23I said in my alarm, “I have been cut off from Your sight!” But You heard the sound of my pleas when I cried out to You.
- Psalms 89:7For who in the skies can compare to Adonai? Who is like Adonai among the sons of gods?
- Genesis 22:12Then He said, “Do not reach out your hand against the young man—do nothing to him at all. For now I know that you are one who fears God—you did not withhold your son, your only son, from Me.”
- Isaiah 8:13Adonai-Tzva’ot, Him will you sanctify, and let Him be your fear, trembling at Him.
- Hosea 3:5Afterwards, Bnei-Yisrael will return, and they will seek Adonai their God and David their king. Then they will turn in awe to Adonai and to His goodness in the last days.
- Revelation 15:3And they are singing the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and wonderful are Your deeds, Adonai Elohei-Tzva’ot! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!
- Psalms 23:1A psalm of David. Adonai is my shepherd, I shall not want.
- Luke 12:30For all the nations of the world strive after these things. But your Father knows that you need these things.
- Romans 8:32He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how shall He not also with Him freely give us all things?
- 1 Corinthians 3:22whether Paul or Apollos or Kefa, or the world or life or death, or things present or things to come. All are yours,
- Philippians 4:19My God will fulfill every need of yours according to the riches of His glory in Messiah Yeshua.
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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