KJV King James Version
This poor man cried, and the LORD heard [him], and saved him out of all his troubles.
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Psalm 34:6
This poor man cried, and the LORD heard [him], and saved him out of all his troubles.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
This poor man called out, and the LORD heard him; He saved him from all his troubles.
WEB World English Bible
This poor man cried, and Yahweh heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
ASV American Standard Version
This poor man cried, and Jehovah heard him, And saved him out of all his troubles.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
This poor one called, and Jehovah heard, And from all his distresses saved him.
Surrounding context — Psalm 34
3 O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.
4 I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.
5 They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.
6 This poor man cried, and the LORD heard [him], and saved him out of all his troubles.
7 The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.
8 O taste and see that the LORD [is] good: blessed [is] the man [that] trusteth in him.
9 O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for [there is] no want to them that fear him.
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Psalm 34:17-19[The righteous] cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.Psalm 3:4I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.Psalm 10:17LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:Psalm 66:16-20Come [and] hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.2 Samuel 22:1And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day [that] the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:Psalm 40:17But I [am] poor and needy; [yet] the Lord thinketh upon me: thou [art] my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.Genesis 48:16The Angel which 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; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.Revelation 7:14-17And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
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