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Psalm 34:17

The righteous cry, and the LORD hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles.

15The LORD’s eyes are toward the righteous. His ears listen to their cry.
16The LORD’s face is against those who do evil, to cut off their memory from the earth.
17The righteous cry, and the LORD hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles.
18The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.
19Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him out of them all.
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Notice

The cry of the righteous leaves room for distress in a faithful life, even as the promise of deliverance raises hope for every trouble.

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Where else Scripture says this

11 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 34:19Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him out of them all.Both verses promise the LORD’s deliverance, while verse 19 makes explicit that the righteous face many afflictions.
1 John 5:14This is the boldness which we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us.Both texts speak of God hearing prayer; John specifies asking according to his will.
Psalm 145:18–20The LORD is near to all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.Both describe the LORD’s attention to those who call, with Psalm 145 naming his nearness to those calling in truth.
Isaiah 65:24It will happen that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.Both speak of God hearing those who call; Isaiah describes his answer coming even before the call.
Psalm 34:6This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.The poor man’s cry, the LORD’s hearing, and rescue from all his troubles give a personal account of verse 17’s promise.
Psalm 91:15He will call on me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him, and honor him.Both connect calling on God with his response and deliverance; Psalm 91 also promises his presence in trouble.
Acts 12:5–11Peter therefore was kept in the prison, but constant prayer was made by the assembly to God for him.Both concern prayer amid trouble; Acts names Peter’s imprisonment and the assembly’s constant prayer to God for him.
2 Chronicles 32:24In those days Hezekiah was terminally ill, and he prayed to the LORD; and he spoke to him, and gave him a sign.Both describe prayer and God’s response; Hezekiah prays during terminal illness, and the LORD speaks to him and gives a sign.
2 Chronicles 32:20–21Hezekiah the king and Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, prayed because of this, and cried to heaven.The righteous cry in the psalm, and Hezekiah and Isaiah likewise pray and cry to heaven.
Exodus 14:10When Pharaoh came near, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them; and they were very afraid. The …Both describe a cry to the LORD amid trouble; Exodus names Israel’s fear as the Egyptians approach.
2 Samuel 4:9David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, “As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all …David credits the LORD with redeeming his life from all adversity, echoing the psalm’s deliverance from all troubles.
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One step

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Name one trouble aloud to YHWH before bed

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Encouragement

Distress does not by itself mean you have turned from God. The righteous cry too. No timetable is given here; YHWH hears their cry and delivers them from their troubles.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).