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- Psalms
- Chapter 34
- Verse 19
Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
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Gill's Exposition
Many are the afflictions of the righteous,.... This may be understood of some one particular righteous person, since the singular number is here made use of; whereas the plural is always used before,…
Barnes' Notes
Many are the afflictions of the righteous - This is not intended to affirm that the afflictions of the righteous are more numerous or more severe than the afflictions of other men, but that they are…
David, in this latter part of the psalm, undertakes to teach children. Though a man of war, and anointed to be king, he did not think it below him; though now he had his head so full of cares and his…
Cambridge Bible
No exemption from evilsis promised to the righteous man, but out of them all the Lord rescueshim (Psa 34:34; Psa 34:34).
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