Discovery BoxPsalms 34:4 
Context34:4 I sought the Lord’s help 1 and he answered me;
he delivered me from all my fears.
Psalms 34:15-17
Context34:15 The Lord pays attention to the godly
and hears their cry for help. 2
34:16 But the Lord opposes evildoers
and wipes out all memory of them from the earth. 3
34:17 The godly 4 cry out and the Lord hears;
he saves them from all their troubles. 5
1 tn Heb “I sought the
2 tn Heb “the eyes of the
3 tn Heb “the face of the
4 tn Heb “they” (i.e., the godly mentioned in v. 15).
5 tn The three perfect verbal forms are taken in a generalizing sense in v. 17 and translated with the present tense (note the generalizing mood of vv. 18-22).
