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Psalm 34:19
Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him out of them all.
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.
20He protects all of his bones. Not one of them is broken.
21Evil shall kill the wicked. Those who hate the righteous shall be condemned.
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“Many” rules out an easy life as the measure of righteousness, while “all” grounds hope in YHWH’s deliverance from afflictions that remain real.
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Psalm 34:17The righteous cry, and the LORD hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles.Both verses name the LORD as the one who delivers the righteous from all their troubles; verse 17 also names their cry.
1 Peter 4:12–13Beloved, don’t be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you.Peter’s warning against astonishment at fiery trial shares the psalm’s recognition that suffering belongs within the lives of God’s people.
Psalm 34:6This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.The poor man’s rescue from all his troubles gives a personal account of the deliverance Psalm 34:19 declares.
2 Corinthians 4:17For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory,Both passages acknowledge affliction while looking beyond it: the psalm speaks of deliverance, and Paul speaks of eternal glory.
John 16:33I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”Both passages speak of trouble without surrendering confidence: the LORD delivers the righteous, and Jesus declares his victory over the world.
Proverbs 24:16for a righteous man falls seven times and rises up again, but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.The righteous person faces repeated adversity in both passages, described as many afflictions in the psalm and seven falls in Proverbs.
Psalm 34:4I sought the LORD, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.Both verses credit the LORD with deliverance, naming all the speaker’s fears in verse 4 and all the righteous person’s afflictions here.
Job 5:19He will deliver you in six troubles; yes, in seven no evil will touch you.Both passages speak of God delivering a person through repeated troubles, using expansive language about the reach of that rescue.
2 Timothy 3:11–12persecutions, and sufferings—those things that happened to me at Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. I endured those persecutions. The Lord delivered me out of them …Paul’s account of persecution shares the psalm’s declaration that the Lord delivered him out of them all.
2 Corinthians 4:7–12But we have this treasure in clay vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God and not from ourselves.The connection is broad: afflicted people and clay vessels both convey human vulnerability, with help or power attributed to God.
Psalm 71:20You, who have shown us many and bitter troubles, you will let me live. You will bring us up again from the depths of the earth.Both psalms acknowledge many troubles and express confidence in God’s rescue, with Psalm 71 describing life restored from the depths.
Hebrews 11:33–38who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked out righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,Righteousness and escape from danger connect these passages, with Hebrews naming stopped lions’ mouths among the works of faith.
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Chronic pain. illness or diagnosis. waiting.
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You do not have to make suffering sound small to trust this promise. The verse leaves the timing unstated, yet names YHWH as the righteous person’s deliverer.
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