Proverbia 34:4

Jerome's Latin Vulgate

Confundantur et revereantur quærentes animam meam;
avertantur retrorsum et confundantur cogitantes mihi mala.

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Judicium eligamus nobis, et inter nos videamus quid sit melius.

Nova Vulgata (1979)
[34:5] DALETH. Exquisivi Dominum, et exaudivit me et ex omnibus terroribus meis eripuit me.

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

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.