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Psalm 34:6
This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
4I sought the LORD, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.
5They looked to him, and were radiant. Their faces shall never be covered with shame.
6This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
7The LORD’s angel encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them.
8Oh taste and see that the LORD is good. Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.
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A poor man's cry reaches YHWH, and his account of rescue can awaken hope alongside questions about troubles that still remain.
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Psalm 34:19Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him out of them all.Both verses name real troubles and credit the LORD with deliverance from them all.
Psalm 34:17The righteous cry, and the LORD hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles.The poor man's experience shares the same pattern as the righteous: they cry, the LORD hears, and he delivers.
Psalm 12:5“Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD; “I will set him in safety from those who …Both passages describe the LORD responding to people in need, hearing their distress and acting to save them.
Exodus 3:7The LORD said, “I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their …The LORD hears the poor man's cry in the psalm and his afflicted people's cry in Egypt.
Jonah 2:2He said, “I called because of my affliction to the LORD. He answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried. You heard my voice.Both speakers recount crying to the LORD in trouble and being heard by him.
2 Samuel 22:1David spoke to the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul,Both texts recount deliverance by the LORD, with Samuel naming David's enemies and Saul as the threats.
Revelation 7:14–17I told him, “My lord, you know.” He said to me, “These are those who came out of the great suffering. They washed their robes and made them white in the Lamb’s …Both passages speak of people coming out of suffering; Revelation also describes robes washed in the Lamb’s blood.
Genesis 48:16the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads, and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac. Let them grow into …Both speakers look back on rescue from all their troubles or evil; Genesis names the angel who redeemed.
2 Chronicles 14:11Asa cried to the LORD his God, and said, “LORD, there is no one besides you to help, between the mighty and him who has no strength. Help us, LORD our God; for …Both passages contain a cry to the LORD from someone in need, with Asa asking for help against a multitude.
Judges 15:19But God split the hollow place that is in Lehi, and water came out of it. When he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived. Therefore its name was …God helps a person in need in both accounts; in Judges, that help comes through water that revives him.
2 Samuel 22:7In my distress, I called on the LORD. Yes, I called to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple. My cry came into his ears.Both speakers describe distress that became a cry to the LORD, and both affirm that he heard.
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Your need is no reason to hold back a cry to God. This account gives no timetable for your troubles, but it tells of YHWH hearing and saving a poor man.
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