Psalm 34:18
New International Version
The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.

New Living Translation
The LORD is close to the brokenhearted; he rescues those whose spirits are crushed.

English Standard Version
The LORD is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.

Berean Standard Bible
The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.

King James Bible
The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

New King James Version
The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart, And saves such as have a contrite spirit.

New American Standard Bible
The LORD is near to the brokenhearted And saves those who are crushed in spirit.

NASB 1995
The LORD is near to the brokenhearted And saves those who are crushed in spirit.

NASB 1977
The LORD is near to the brokenhearted, And saves those who are crushed in spirit.

Legacy Standard Bible
Yahweh is near to the brokenhearted And saves those who are crushed in spirit.

Amplified Bible
The LORD is near to the heartbroken And He saves those who are crushed in spirit (contrite in heart, truly sorry for their sin).

Christian Standard Bible
The LORD is near the brokenhearted; he saves those crushed in spirit.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The LORD is near the brokenhearted; He saves those crushed in spirit.

American Standard Version
Jehovah is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, And saveth such as are of a contrite spirit.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
LORD JEHOVAH is near to the broken hearted and he saves the meek in spirit.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
The Lord is near to them that are of a contrite heart; and will save the lowly in spirit.

Contemporary English Version
The LORD is there to rescue all who are discouraged and have given up hope.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a contrite heart: and he will save the humble of spirit.

English Revised Version
The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The LORD is near to those whose hearts are humble. He saves those whose spirits are crushed.

Good News Translation
The LORD is near to those who are discouraged; he saves those who have lost all hope.

International Standard Version
The LORD is close to the brokenhearted, and he delivers those whose spirit has been crushed.

JPS Tanakh 1917
The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, And saveth such as are of a contrite spirit.

Literal Standard Version
YHWH [is] near to the broken of heart, | And He saves the bruised of spirit.

Majority Standard Bible
The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.

New American Bible
The LORD is close to the brokenhearted, saves those whose spirit is crushed.

NET Bible
The LORD is near the brokenhearted; he delivers those who are discouraged.

New Revised Standard Version
The LORD is near to the brokenhearted, and saves the crushed in spirit.

New Heart English Bible
The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.

Webster's Bible Translation
The LORD is nigh to them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as are of a contrite spirit.

World English Bible
Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.

Young's Literal Translation
Near is Jehovah to the broken of heart, And the bruised of spirit He saveth.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Taste and See that the LORD is Good
17The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears; He delivers them from all their troubles. 18The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit. 19Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all.…

Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:7
For what nation is great enough to have a god as near to them as the LORD our God is to us whenever we call on Him?

Psalm 51:17
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.

Psalm 85:9
Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him, that His glory may dwell in our land.

Psalm 109:16
For he never thought to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted, even to their death.

Psalm 119:151
You are near, O LORD, and all Your commandments are true.

Psalm 145:18
The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth.

Psalm 147:3
He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.


Treasury of Scripture

The LORD is near to them that are of a broken heart; and saves such as be of a contrite spirit.

is nigh

Psalm 75:1
To the chief Musician, Altaschith, A Psalm or Song of Asaph. Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare.

Psalm 85:9
Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.

Psalm 119:151
Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth.

unto them [heb.

Psalm 51:17
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

Psalm 147:3
He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

Isaiah 61:1
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

such as [heb.

2 Kings 22:19
Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD.

Isaiah 57:15
For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

Isaiah 66:2
For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.

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Psalm 34
1. David praises God, and exhorts others thereto by his experience
8. They are blessed who trust in God
11. He exhorts to the fear of God
15. The privileges of the righteous














Verse 18. - The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and sayeth such as be of a contrite spirit. On the value in God's sight of a broken and contrite heart, see Psalm 2:17; and on his mercy towards the truly contrite, see Psalm 147:3; Isaiah 57:15; 69:2. He "is nigh" to such persons, he "dwells with" them, "looks to them, .... revives their heart, .... heals" them, "saves" them.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
The LORD
יְ֭הוָה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

is near to
קָר֣וֹב (qā·rō·wḇ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 7138: Near

the brokenhearted;
לְנִשְׁבְּרֵי־ (lə·niš·bə·rê-)
Preposition-l | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural construct
Strong's 7665: To break, break in pieces

He saves
יוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃ (yō·wō·šî·a‘)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3467: To be open, wide, free, to be safe, to free, succor

the contrite
דַּכְּאֵי־ (dak·kə·’ê-)
Adjective - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1793: Contrite

in spirit.
ר֥וּחַ (rū·aḥ)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit


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