Parallel Verses

Amplified


I sought the Lord [on the authority of His word], and He answered me,
And delivered me from all my fears.

New American Standard Bible

I sought the Lord, and He answered me,
And delivered me from all my fears.

King James Version

I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.

Holman Bible

I sought the Lord, and He answered me
and delivered me from all my fears.

International Standard Version

I sought the LORD and he answered me; he delivered me from all of my fears.

A Conservative Version

I sought LORD, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.

American Standard Version

I sought Jehovah, and he answered me, And delivered me from all my fears.

Bible in Basic English

I was searching for the Lord, and he gave ear to my voice, and made me free from all my fears.

Darby Translation

I sought Jehovah, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.

Julia Smith Translation

I sought Jehovah and he answered me, and from all my fears he delivered me.

King James 2000

I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.

Lexham Expanded Bible

I sought Yahweh and he answered me, and from all my terrors he delivered me.

Modern King James verseion

I sought Jehovah, and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

I sought the LORD, and he heard me; yea, he delivered me out of all my fear.

NET Bible

I sought the Lord's help and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears.

New Heart English Bible

I sought the LORD, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.

The Emphasized Bible

I enquired of Yahweh, and he hath answered me, And, out of all my terrors, hath he rescued me.

Webster

I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.

World English Bible

I sought Yahweh, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.

Youngs Literal Translation

I sought Jehovah, and He answered me, And from all my fears did deliver me.

References

Easton

Images Psalm 34:4

Prayers for Psalm 34:4

Context Readings

The Lord Delivers The Righteous

3
O magnify the Lord with me,
And let us lift up His name together.
4 
I sought the Lord [on the authority of His word], and He answered me,
And delivered me from all my fears.
5
They looked to Him and were radiant;
Their faces will never blush in shame or confusion.


Cross References

Psalm 18:6


In my distress [when I seemed surrounded] I called upon the Lord
And cried to my God for help;
He heard my voice from His temple,
And my cry for help came before Him, into His very ears.

Matthew 7:7

Ask and keep on asking and it will be given to you; seek and keep on seeking and you will find; knock and keep on knocking and the door will be opened to you.

2 Chronicles 15:2

and he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: the Lord is with you while you are with Him. If you seek Him [inquiring for and of Him, as your soul’s first necessity], He will let you find Him; but if you abandon (turn away from) Him, He will abandon (turn away from) you.

Psalm 31:22


As for me, I said in my alarm,
“I am cut off from Your eyes.”
Nevertheless You heard the voice of my supplications (specific requests)
When I cried to You [for help].

Psalm 56:3


When I am afraid,
I will put my trust and faith in You.

Hebrews 5:7

In the days of His earthly life, Jesus offered up both [specific] petitions and [urgent] supplications [for that which He needed] with fervent crying and tears to the One who was [always] able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverent submission toward God [His sinlessness and His unfailing determination to do the Father’s will].

Psalm 22:24


For He has not despised nor detested the suffering of the afflicted;
Nor has He hidden His face from him;
But when he cried to Him for help, He listened.

Psalm 46:2


Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change
And though the mountains be shaken and slip into the heart of the seas,

Psalm 77:1-2

My voice rises to God, and I will cry aloud;
My voice rises to God, and He will hear me.

Isaiah 12:2


“Behold, God, my salvation!
I will trust and not be afraid,
For the Lord God is my strength and song;
Yes, He has become my salvation.”

Jonah 2:2

and said,

“I called out of my trouble and distress to the Lord,
And He answered me;
Out of the belly of Sheol I cried for help,
And You heard my voice.

2 Corinthians 7:5-6

For even when we arrived in Macedonia our bodies had no rest, but we were oppressed at every turn—conflicts and disputes without, fears and dread within.

2 Corinthians 12:8-9

Concerning this I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might leave me;

2 Timothy 1:7

For God did not give us a spirit of timidity or cowardice or fear, but [He has given us a spirit] of power and of love and of sound judgment and personal discipline [abilities that result in a calm, well-balanced mind and self-control].

Psalm 116:1-6

I love the Lord, because He hears [and continues to hear]
My voice and my supplications (my pleas, my cries, my specific needs).

Luke 11:9

“So I say to you, ask and keep on asking, and it will be given to you; seek and keep on seeking, and you will find; knock and keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.

1 Samuel 27:1

But David said in his heart, “Now I will die one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will give up searching for me inside the borders of Israel, and I will escape from his hand [once and for all].”

Psalm 27:1-2

The Lord is my light and my salvation—
Whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the refuge and fortress of my life—
Whom shall I dread?

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