In those days Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death. He prayed to the Lord, and he answered him and gave him a sign.
Psalm 34:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears and rescues them from all their troubles. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, And delivereth them out of all their troubles. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears, and delivers them out of all their distress and troubles. American Standard Version (1901) The righteous cried, and Jehovah heard, And delivered them out of all their troubles. Common English Bible When the righteous cry out, the LORD listens; he delivers them from all their troubles. Catholic Public Domain Version Lord, when will you look down upon me? Restore my soul from before their malice, my only one from before the lions. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Lord, when wilt thou look upon me? rescue thou soul from their malice: my only one from the lions. |
In those days Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death. He prayed to the Lord, and he answered him and gave him a sign.
“See, God will not reject the blameless, nor take the hand of evildoers.
Let them be before the Lord continually, and may his memory be cut off from the earth.
The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their cry.
Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord rescues them from them all.
This poor soul cried and was heard by the Lord and was saved from every trouble.
But I, through the abundance of your steadfast love, will enter your house; I will bow down toward your holy temple in awe of you.
The enemies have vanished in everlasting ruins; their cities you have rooted out; the very memory of them has perished.
When they call to me, I will answer them; I will be with them in trouble; I will rescue them and honor them.
The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
Before they call I will answer, while they are yet speaking I will hear.
I will set my face against them; I will make them a sign and a byword and cut them off from the midst of my people, and you shall know that I am the Lord.
And though they go into captivity in front of their enemies, there I will command the sword, and it shall kill them; and I will fix my eyes on them for harm and not for good.
I said, “I will make an end of them and blot out the memory of them from humankind,”