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Psalms 34:5
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Those who look to him are radiant with joy;their faces will never be ashamed.
They looked to him, and were radiant. Their faces shall never be covered with shame.
They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.
Those who look to him are radiant, and their faces shall never be ashamed.
Those who go to him for help are happy, and they are never disgraced.
Those who look to him for help are happy; their faces are not ashamed.
They looked to Him and were radiant; Their faces will never blush in shame or confusion.
They looked to Him and were radiant, And their faces will never be ashamed.
They looked to him, and were radiant. Their faces shall never be covered with shame.
They shall looke vnto him, and runne to him: and their faces shall not be ashamed, saying,
They looked to Him and were radiant,And their faces will never be humiliated.
Those who look to Him are radiant with joy; their faces shall never be ashamed.
Keep your eyes on the Lord ! You will shine like the sun and never blush with shame.
I sought Adonai , and he answered me; he rescued me from everything I feared.
They looked unto him, and were enlightened, and their faces were not confounded.
If you look to him for help, he will put a smile on your face. You will have no need to be ashamed.
Look towards him and trust in him, and you shall not be disappointed.
The oppressed look to him and are glad; they will never be disappointed.
They looked to him and were radiant, and their faces shall not be ashamed.
They looked to Him and were filled with light; and their faces were not ashamed.
They that haue an eye vnto him, shalbe lightened, & their faces shall not be ashamed.
They looked unto him, and were radiant; And their faces shall never be confounded.
Let your eyes be turned to him and you will have light, and your faces will not be shamed.
I sought the LORD, and He answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.
They looked vnto him, and were lightned: and their faces were not ashamed.
Let them turne their eyes on him, and make speede to come vnto hym: and their faces shall not be ashamed.
Draw near to him, and be enlightened: and your faces shall not by any means be ashamed.
They looked unto him, and were lightened:
Neiye ye to him, and be ye liytned; and youre faces schulen not be schent.
They looked to him, and were radiant; And their faces shall never be confounded.
They looked to him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.
They looked to Him and were radiant, And their faces were not ashamed.
Those who look to him for help will be radiant with joy; no shadow of shame will darken their faces.
They looked to Him and their faces shined with joy. Their faces will never be ashamed.
Look to him, and be radiant; so your faces shall never be ashamed.
They looked unto him and were radiant, And, as for their faces, let them not be abashed.
(33-6) Come ye to him and be enlightened: and your faces shall not be confounded.
Look to him, and be radiant; so your faces shall never be ashamed.
They looked expectingly unto Him, And they became bright, And their faces are not ashamed.
They looked to Him and were radiant, And their faces will never be ashamed.
Contextual Overview
A David Psalm, When He Outwitted Abimelech and Got Away
I bless God every chance I get; my lungs expand with his praise. 2 I live and breathe God ; if things aren't going well, hear this and be happy: 3 Join me in spreading the news; together let's get the word out. 4 God met me more than halfway, he freed me from my anxious fears. 5 Look at him; give him your warmest smile. Never hide your feelings from him. 6 When I was desperate, I called out, and God got me out of a tight spot. 7 God 's angel sets up a circle of protection around us while we pray. 8 Open your mouth and taste, open your eyes and see— how good God is. Blessed are you who run to him. 9 Worship God if you want the best; worship opens doors to all his goodness. 10 Young lions on the prowl get hungry, but God -seekers are full of God.Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
They: Psalms 123:1, Psalms 123:2, Isaiah 45:22, Hebrews 12:2
and were: Psalms 13:3, Psalms 18:28, Psalms 97:11, Esther 8:16
lightened: or, flowed unto him
their: Psalms 83:16, 2 Samuel 19:5
Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 20:4 - ask help of the Lord Ezra 9:8 - lighten Psalms 31:17 - Let me Isaiah 38:5 - I have heard Micah 7:7 - I will look Philippians 4:6 - in
Cross-References
But that very day Laban removed all the mottled and spotted billy goats and all the speckled and spotted nanny goats, every animal that had even a touch of white on it plus all the black sheep and placed them under the care of his sons. Then he put a three-day journey between himself and Jacob. Meanwhile Jacob went on tending what was left of Laban's flock.
Jacob's sons answered Shechem and his father with cunning. Their sister, after all, had been raped. They said, "This is impossible. We could never give our sister to a man who was uncircumcised. Why, we'd be disgraced. The only condition on which we can talk business is if all your men become circumcised like us. Then we will freely exchange daughters in marriage and make ourselves at home among you and become one big, happy family. But if this is not an acceptable condition, we will take our sister and leave."
Moses said to Aaron, "This is what God meant when he said, To the one who comes near me, I will show myself holy; Before all the people, I will show my glory." Aaron was silent.
Then he asked Jesse, "Is this it? Are there no more sons?" "Well, yes, there's the runt. But he's out tending the sheep." Samuel ordered Jesse, "Go get him. We're not moving from this spot until he's here."
"All this time his older son was out in the field. When the day's work was done he came in. As he approached the house, he heard the music and dancing. Calling over one of the houseboys, he asked what was going on. He told him, ‘Your brother came home. Your father has ordered a feast—barbecued beef!—because he has him home safe and sound.'
Gill's Notes on the Bible
They looked to him, and were lightened,.... That is, "the humble" ones, Psalms 34:2; and so this is a reason why they should join in praising and magnifying the Lord; these "looked" up to God in prayer and by faith, when in distressed and uncomfortable circumstances, for help and deliverance, and a supply of every needful good thing; and they were "enlightened"; so the Targum renders it, "their faces were enlightened"; as Jarchi and Aben Ezra interpret it, in opposition to what follows: they must have been enlightened before they could look, but by looking to the Lord more light was gained: this chiefly designs the light of joy, peace, and comfort, which is had in a way of believing: some render the word "and flowed" l, as a river does, that is, to the Lord, as in Jeremiah 31:12. So Kimchi and Ben Melech explain the word; and it denotes both the numbers of them that looked up to the Lord in their distress, and the swiftness of their motion to him, and their earnestness and fervour of mind; so faith is not only a looking to Christ, but a going forth unto him;
and their faces were not ashamed; having what they prayed and looked for, and what they hoped and believed they should have; namely, deliverance and salvation, and so peace and pleasure.
l ונהדו "et confluunt", Junius Tremellius, Michaelis "et instar fluvii irruerint", Piscator, Amama; "et confluxerunt", Gejerus.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
They looked unto him - That is, they who were with the psalmist. He was not alone when he fled to Abimelech; and the meaning here is, that each one of those who were with him looked to God, and found light and comfort in Him. The psalmist seems to have had his thoughts here suddenly turned from himself to those who were with him, and to have called to his remembrance how they “all” looked to God in their troubles, and how they all found relief.
And were lightened - Or, “enlightened.” They found light. Their faces, as we should say, “brightened up,” or they became cheerful. Their minds were made calm, for they felt assured that God would protect them. Nothing could better express what often occurs in the time of trouble, when the heart is sad, and when the countenance is sorrowful - a dark cloud apparently having come over all things - if one thus looks to God. The burden is removed from the heart, and the countenance becomes radiant with hope and joy. The margin here, however, is, “They flowed unto him.” The Hebrew word, נהר nâhar, means sometimes “to flow, to flow together,” Isaiah 2:2; Jeremiah 31:12; Jeremiah 51:44; but it also means “to shine, to be bright;” and thence, “to be cheered, to rejoice,” Isaiah 60:5. This is probably the idea here, for this interpretation is better suited to the connection in which the word occurs.
And their faces were not ashamed - That is, they were not ashamed of having put their trust in God, or they were not disappointed. They had not occasion to confess that it was a vain reliance, or that they had been foolish in thus trusting him. Compare Job 6:20, note; Psalms 22:5, note; Romans 9:33, note; 1 John 2:28, note. The idea here is, that they found God to be all that they expected or hoped that he would be. They had no cause to repent of what they had done. What was true of them will be true of all who put their trust in God.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 34:5. They looked unto him — Instead of הביטו hibbitu, they looked, several of Dr. Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS. have הביטו habbitu, with the point pathach, "Look ye."
And their faces were not ashamed. — Some MSS., and the Complutensian Polyglot, make this clause the beginning of a new verse and as it begins with a vau, ופניהם upheneyhem, "and their faces," they make it supply the place of the verse which appears to be lost; but see what is said in the introduction before the first verse.
