King James Version

Psalms 34:17

The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

Study

Hebrew

Tap a word to see its meaning. Words run left to right in English reading order.

In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 34:18.

צָעֲק֣וּtsaaqvcall togetherצָעַקverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “call together”, a completed actionH6817to shriek; (by implication) to proclaim (an assembly)[idiom] at all, call together, cry (out), gather (selves) (together).וַיהוָ֣הvayhvahand Jehovahיְהֹוָהconjunction, noun, proper name — “and Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).שָׁמֵ֑עַshameahearשָׁמַעverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “hear”, a completed actionH8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)[idiom] attentively, call (gather) together, [idiom] carefully, [idiom] certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, [idiom] diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), [idiom] indeed, listen, make (a) n…וּמִכָּלumikaland from allכֹּלconjunction, preposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and from all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).צָ֝רוֹתָ֗םtsarotamtroubleצָרָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “trouble”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6869tightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival:adversary, adversity, affliction, anguish, distress, tribulation, trouble.הִצִּילָֽםhitsilamdefendנָצַלverb, hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “defend”, a completed actionH5337to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense[idiom] at all, defend, deliver (self), escape, [idiom] without fail, part, pluck, preserve, recover, rescue, rid, save, spoil, strip, [idiom] surely, take (out).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(34-18) They cried, and the LORD heard, and delivered them out of all their troubles.

Compare Public-Domain Translations

The King James Version remains the text of this page and the canonical URL.

American Standard Version (1901)

The righteous cried, and Jehovah heard, And delivered them out of all their troubles.

Young’s Literal Translation

They cried, and Jehovah heard, And from all their distresses delivered them.

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

[The righteous] cry, and Jehovah heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

Douay-Rheims

Lord, when wilt thou look upon me? rescue thou soul from their malice: my only one from the lions.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(34-18) They cried, and the LORD heard, and delivered them out of all their troubles.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and delivered them out of all their afflictions.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐκέκραξαν οἱ δίκαιοι, καὶ ὁ Κύριος εἰσήκουσεν αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐκ πασῶν τῶν θλίψεων αὐτῶν ἐῤῥύσατο αὐτούς.