Psalms 34:4

Amplified Bible

I sought the LORD [on the authority of His word], and He answered me, And delivered me from all my fears.

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
I prayed to the Lord , and he answered me. He freed me from all my fears.

English Revised Version
I sought the LORD, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.

Update Bible Version
I sought Yahweh, and he answered me, And delivered me from all my fears.

New Century Version
I asked the Lord for help, and he answered me. He saved me from all that I feared.

New English Translation
I sought the Lord 's help and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears.

Webster's Bible Translation
I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.

World English Bible
I sought Yahweh, and he answered me, And delivered me from all my fears.

English Standard Version
I sought the Lord , and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
I souyte the Lord, and he herde me; and he delyueride me fro alle my tribulaciouns.

Berean Standard Bible
I sought the LORD, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears.

Contemporary English Version
I asked the Lord for help, and he saved me from all my fears.

American Standard Version
I sought Jehovah, and he answered me, And delivered me from all my fears.

Bible in Basic English
I was searching for the Lord, and he gave ear to my voice, and made me free from all my fears.

Complete Jewish Bible
Proclaim with me the greatness of Adonai ; let us exalt his name together.

Darby Translation
I sought Jehovah, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.

Easy-to-Read Version
I went to the Lord for help, and he listened. He saved me from all that I fear.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt His name together.

King James Version (1611)
I sought the Lord, and hee heard me; and deliuered mee from all my feares.

New Life Bible
I looked for the Lord, and He answered me. And He took away all my fears.

New Revised Standard
I sought the Lord , and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.

Geneva Bible (1587)
I sought the Lord, and he heard me: yea, he deliuered me out of all my feare.

George Lamsa Translation
I sought the LORD, and he heard and delivered me from all my troubles.

Good News Translation
I prayed to the Lord , and he answered me; he freed me from all my fears.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
I enquired of Yahweh, and he hath answered me, And, out of all my terrors, hath he rescued me.

Douay-Rheims Bible
(33-5) I sought the Lord, and he heard me; and he delivered me from all my troubles.

Revised Standard Version
I sought the LORD, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Carefully I sought God, & he hearde me: yea he deliuered me out of all my feare.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
I sought the Lord diligently, and he hearkened to me, and delivered me from all my sojournings.

Christian Standard Bible®
I sought the Lord, and he answered meand rescued me from all my fears.

Hebrew Names Version
I sought the LORD, and he answered me, And delivered me from all my fears.

King James Version
I sought the Lord , and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.

Lexham English Bible
I sought Yahweh and he answered me, and from all my terrors he delivered me.

Literal Translation
I sought Jehovah, and He answered me, and delivered me out of all my fear.

Young's Literal Translation
I sought Jehovah, and He answered me, And from all my fears did deliver me.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I sought the LORDE, and he herde me, yee he delyuered me out of all my feare.

THE MESSAGE
God met me more than halfway, he freed me from my anxious fears.

New American Standard Bible
I sought the LORD and He answered me, And rescued me from all my fears.

New King James Version
I sought the LORD, and He heard me, And delivered me from all my fears.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
I sought the Lord , and He answered me, And delivered me from all my fears.

Legacy Standard Bible
I inquired of Yahweh, and He answered me,And delivered me from all that I dread.

Contextual Overview

¹I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. ²My soul makes its boast in the LORD; The humble and downtrodden will hear it and rejoice. ³O magnify the LORD with me, And let us lift up His name together. ⁴I sought the LORD [on the authority of His word], and He answered me, And delivered me from all my fears. ⁵They looked to Him and were radiant; Their faces will never blush in shame or confusion. ⁶This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him And saved him from all his troubles. ⁷The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him [with awe-inspired reverence and worship Him with obedience], And He rescues [each of] them. ⁸O taste and see that the LORD [our God] is good; How blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is the man who takes refuge in Him. ⁹O [reverently] fear the LORD, you His saints (believers, holy ones); For to those who fear Him there is no want. ¹⁰The young lions lack [food] and grow hungry, But they who seek the LORD will not lack any good thing.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

sought: Psalms 18:6, Psalms 22:24, Psalms 31:22, Psalms 77:1, Psalms 77:2, Psalms 116:1-6, Jonah 2:2, Matthew 7:7, Luke 11:9, 2 Corinthians 12:8, 2 Corinthians 12:9, Hebrews 5:7

from: Psalms 27:1, Psalms 27:2, Psalms 46:2, Psalms 56:3, 1 Samuel 27:1, Isaiah 12:2, 2 Corinthians 7:5, 2 Corinthians 7:6, 2 Timothy 1:7

Reciprocal: Genesis 32:9 - Jacob Genesis 33:4 - embraced Exodus 3:7 - I have Exodus 18:4 - delivered 1 Samuel 21:12 - sore Psalms 3:4 - he Psalms 30:1 - extol Psalms 50:15 - deliver Psalms 57:7 - I will Psalms 64:1 - preserve Psalms 66:17 - I cried Psalms 86:7 - General Psalms 107:19 - General Psalms 112:7 - shall not Psalms 138:3 - In the day 1 John 3:22 - whatsoever

Cross-References

Genesis 21:21
He lived in the wilderness of Paran; and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.

Judges 14:2
So he went back and told his father and his mother, "I saw a woman in Timnah, one of the daughters of the Philistines; now get her for me as a wife."

2 Samuel 13:13
"As for me, how could I get rid of my shame and disgrace? And you, you will be considered one of the fools in Israel. So now, just speak to the king [about taking me as your wife], for he will not withhold me from you."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I sought the Lord, and he heard me,.... Not that he sought the Lord publicly in his house and ordinances, for he was now at Gath; but privately by prayer and supplication; and that not vocally, but mentally; for he was in the midst of the servants of the king of Gath; yet earnestly, diligently, and with his whole heart, being in great distress; when it was right to seek the Lord, and which showed him to be a good man; and the Lord heard and answered even his silent groans, which could not be uttered;

and delivered me from all my fear; of being seized on by Achish, king of Gath, and of losing his life for killing Goliath: and many are the fears of God's people, both from within and from without, by reason of sin, Satan, and the world; but the Lord saves them out of the hands of all their enemies, grants them his presence, and shows them their interest in himself, which, scatters all their fears.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I sought the Lord, and he heard me - That is, on the occasion referred to in the psalm, when he was exposed to the persecutions of Saul, and when he sought refuge in the country of Abimelech or Achish: 1 Samuel 21:1-15. The idea is, that at that time he did not confide in his own wisdom, or trust to any devices of his own, but that he sought the protection and guidance of God, alike when he fled to Gath, and when he fled from Gath.

And delivered me from all my fears - From all that he apprehended from Saul, and again from all that he dreaded when he found that Abimelech would not harbor him, but drove him from him.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 34:4. I sought the Lord — This is the reason and cause of his gratitude. I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me out of all my fears. This answers to the history; for when David heard what the servants of Achish said concerning him, "he laid up the words in his heart, and was greatly afraid," 1 Samuel 21:13. To save him, God caused the epileptic fit to seize him; and, in consequence, he was dismissed by Achish, as one whose defection from his master, and union with the Philistines, could be of no use, and thus David's life and honour were preserved. The reader will see that I proceed on the ground laid down by the Septuagint. See before, Psalms 34:1.