The Meaning of Psalms 34:20 Explained

Psalms 34:20

KJV: He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.

YLT: He is keeping all his bones, One of them hath not been broken.

Darby: He keepeth all his bones; not one of them is broken.

ASV: He keepeth all his bones: Not one of them is broken.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

He keepeth  all his bones:  not one  of them  is broken. 

What does Psalms 34:20 Mean?

Study Notes

He keepeth
See Exodus 12:46 ; John 19:36

Context Summary

Psalm 34:11-22 - The Salvation Of The Contrite
Psalms 34:11-14 : The gist of this exhortation is quoted by Peter in his first Epistle. See 1 Peter 3:10. We need not fret to defend ourselves or to answer false accusations. Let us refrain our lips, hold our peace, as Jesus did, and go on doing what is right and good. God will see to it that our needs are supplied, that our enemies are silenced, and that our soul is redeemed.
Psalms 34:15 : Do you feel unable to claim the designation of righteous? Remember that Paul was glad to reject his own, that he might be clad in Another's righteousness. That still avails for us. See Philippians 3:9.
Psalms 34:17 : We are not kept from trouble, but delivered out of it.
Psalms 34:20 : You do not recognize Him, but the Great Gardener passes by the plants that have braved the wind and storm to bend over you who are beaten to the earth. See the literal fulfillment of this in John 19:36. How much we owe to God's continuous care!
Psalms 34:22 : Observe the present tenses in which the psalmist records God's redeeming love. It never grows old. [source]

Chapter Summary: 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

What do the individual words in Psalms 34:20 mean?

He guards all his bones one of them Not is broken
שֹׁמֵ֥ר כָּל־ עַצְמוֹתָ֑יו אַחַ֥ת מֵ֝הֵ֗נָּה לֹ֣א נִשְׁבָּֽרָה

שֹׁמֵ֥ר  He  guards 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: שָׁמַר  
Sense: to keep, guard, observe, give heed.
עַצְמוֹתָ֑יו  his  bones 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: עֶצֶם 
Sense: bone, essence, substance.
אַחַ֥ת  one 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).
מֵ֝הֵ֗נָּה  of  them 
Parse: Preposition-m, Pronoun, third person feminine plural
Root: הֵנָּה  
Sense: they, these, the same, who.
נִשְׁבָּֽרָה  is  broken 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, third person feminine singular
Root: שָׁבוּר 
Sense: to break, break in pieces.

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