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Psalm 34:18 KJV
Psalms · chapter 34 · verse 18
The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.Psalm 34:18 · King James Version
What Psalm 34:18 means
Nigh means near. Not on the way, not waiting until you pull yourself together, but near while the heart is still broken. David wrote this after pretending to be insane to escape a king. He knew what it was to be at the bottom and find God already there.
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Psalm 34:18 in context
16The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
17The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
18The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
19Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
20He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.
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Key words (Strong's)
- contritedakkâʼcrushedH1793 →
- brokenshâbarto burstH7665 →
- savethyâshaʻproperly, to be open, wide or freeH3467 →
- heartlêbthe heartH3820 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- nighqârôwbnearH7138 →
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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 hands of business, yet he could find heart and time to give good counsel to young people, from his own experience.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 11-22