Mazmur 34:15

34:15 The Lord pays attention to the godly

and hears their cry for help. ¹ 

Mazmur 34:17

34:17 The godly ²  cry out and the Lord hears;

he saves them from all their troubles. ³ 

[34:15]  ¹ tn Heb “the eyes of the Lord [are] toward the godly, and his ears [are] toward their cry for help.”

[34:17]  ² tn Heb “they” (i.e., the godly mentioned in v. 15).

[34:17]  ³ 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).