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Verse	Translation	Text
Ps 34:6	King James	This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
This poor man--literally, "humble," himself as a specimen of such.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

This poor man--literally, "humble," himself as a specimen of such.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
This poor man cried - The psalmist here returns to his own particular experience. The emphasis here is on the word "this:" "This poor, afflicted, persecuted man cried." There is something much more touching in this than if he had merely said "I," or "I myself" cried. The language brings before us at once his afflicted and miserable condition. The word "poor" here - עני ‛ânı̂y - does not mean "poor" in the sense of a want of wealth, but "poor" in the sense of being afflicted, crushed, forsaken, desolate. The word "miserable" would better express the idea than the word "poor." And the Lord heard him - That is, heard in the sense of "answered." He regarded his cry, and saved him.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

This poor man cried - The psalmist here returns to his own particular experience. The emphasis here is on the word "this:" "This poor, afflicted, persecuted man cried." There is something much more touching in this than if he had merely said "I," or "I myself" cried. The language brings before us at once his afflicted and miserable condition. The word "poor" here - עני ‛ânı̂y - does not mean "poor" in the sense of a want of wealth, but "poor" in the sense of being afflicted, crushed, forsaken, desolate. The word "miserable" would better express the idea than the word "poor."

And the Lord heard him - That is, heard in the sense of "answered." He regarded his cry, and saved him.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
This man - David.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

This man - David.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
This poor man cried - זה עני zeh ani, "This afflicted man," David.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

This poor man cried - זה עני zeh ani, "This afflicted man," David.

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