Discovery BoxPsalms 34:18 
Context34:18 The Lord is near the brokenhearted;
he delivers 1 those who are discouraged. 2
Psalms 69:18
Context69:18 Come near me and redeem me! 3
Because of my enemies, rescue me!
Psalms 91:10
Context91:10 No harm will overtake 4 you;
no illness 5 will come near your home. 6
Psalms 104:17
Context104:17 where the birds make nests,
near the evergreens in which the herons live. 7
Psalms 107:18
Context107:18 They lost their appetite for all food, 8
and they drew near the gates of death.
Psalms 119:150-151
Context119:150 Those who are eager to do 9 wrong draw near;
they are far from your law.
119:151 You are near, O Lord,
and all your commands are reliable. 10
1 tn The Hebrew imperfect verbal form highlights the generalizing statement and draws attention to the fact that the
2 tn Heb “the crushed in spirit.”
3 tn Heb “come near my life and redeem it.” The verb “redeem” casts the
4 tn Or “confront.”
5 tn For this sense of the Hebrew term נגע see Ps 38:11.
6 tn Heb “your tent.”
7 tn Heb “[the] heron [in the] evergreens [is] its home.”
sn The cedars and evergreens of the Lebanon forest are frequently associated (see, for example, 2 Chr 2:8; Isa 14:8; 37:24; Ezek 31:8).
8 tn Heb “all food their appetite loathed.”
9 tn Heb “those who pursue.”
10 tn Or “truth.”
