Psalms 34:15
13 Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech.
14 Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.
16 But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to wipe out all memory of them from the earth.
17 The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears; He delivers them from all their troubles.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.
- KJV
- The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.
- WEB
- The LORD’s eyes are toward the righteous. His ears listen to their cry.
- ASV
- The eyes of Jehovah are toward the righteous, And his ears are [open] unto their cry.
- DARBY
- The eyes of Jehovah are upon the righteous, and his ears are toward their cry;
- BLB
- The eyes of YHWH [are] toward the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.
- ÅB
- Herrens øyne er vendt til de rettferdige,
og ørene hans til ropet deres. - OTB
- Herren vokter over de rettferdige,
Og Hans ører er oppmerksomme på deres rop. - B1930
- Herrens øine er vendt til de rettferdige, og hans ører til deres rop.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Peter 3:12
For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
Read in contextPsalms 34:17
The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears; He delivers them from all their troubles.
Read in contextPsalms 33:18
Surely the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear Him, on those whose hope is in His loving devotion
Read in contextJob 36:7
He does not take His eyes off the righteous, but He enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.
Read in contextPsalms 130:2
O Lord, hear my voice; let Your ears be attentive to my plea for mercy.
Read in contextPsalms 34:6
This poor man called out, and the LORD heard him; He saved him from all his troubles.
Read in contextDaniel 9:17–23
So now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of Your servant. For Your sake, O Lord, cause Your face to shine upon Your desolate sanctuary.
Read in context2 Chronicles 6:40
Now, my God, may Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.
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