The Nugget:
Psa 34:9 O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him. (KJV)
Psa 34:9 It is for you, his chosen servants, to fear the Lord; those who fear him never go wanting. (Knox translation)
Psa 34:9 Fear the Lord, all ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him. (LXX., Brenton translation)
Psa 34:9 Fear the LORD, you chosen people of his, for those who fear him lack nothing! (NET Bible)
Psa 34:9 Oh fear Jehovah, ye his saints; For there is no want to them that fear him. (ASV, American Standard Version)
Psa 34:9 Oh, fear Jehovah, you his holy ones, for those who fear him have no lack! (UASV, Updated American Standard Version)
Psa 34:9 O fear Jehovah, His holy ones; for there is nothing lacking to those who fear Him. (MKJV, Modern King James Version)
Psa 34:9 Revere Yahweh, ye his holy ones, For there is no want to them who revere him. (EB, Emphasized Bible)
Psa 34:9 Honor the LORD, all his people; those who obey him have all they need. (GNB, Good News Bible)
Psa 34:9 Keep yourselves in the fear of the Lord, all you his saints; for those who do so will have no need of anything. (BBE, Bible in Basic English)
Psa 34:9 Fear the LORD, you holy people who belong to him. Those who fear him are never in need. (GW, God’s Word translation)
Psa 34:9 Fear the Lord, you his godly people, for those who fear him will have all they need. (NLT, New Living Translation)
Psa 34:9 The LORD’S holy people should fear and respect him. Those who respect him will always have what they need. (ERV, Easy to Read Version)
Psa 34:9 Honor the LORD! You are his special people. No one who honors the LORD will ever be in need. (CEV, Contemporary English Version)
My Comment:
Careful Bible readers ought to be struck immediately by the fact that “No one who honors the LORD will ever be in need” is a Bible statement that is contrary to actual experience. Commentary writer Albert Barnes wisely remarks:
All their needs will be abundantly supplied. Sooner or later all their real necessities will be met, and God will bestow upon them every needed blessing. The statement here cannot be regarded as absolutely and universally true – that is, it cannot mean that they who fear the Lord will never, in any instance, be hungry or thirsty, or destitute of raiment or of a comfortable home; but it is evidently intended to be a general affirmation, and is in accordance with the other statements which occur in the Bible about the advantages of true religion in securing temporal as well as spiritual blessings from God. Thus, in 1Ti 4:8, it is said, “Godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.” Thus, in Isa 33:16, it is said of the righteous man, “Bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.”
To dig deeper into what the rest of the Bible has to say on the matters mentioned in Psalm 34:9, read and study the following cross references newly expanded beyond what I placed in the Ultimate Cross Reference Treasury:
Psalms 34:9
fear. Psa 5:7; Psa 19:9; Psa 22:23; *Psa 31:23; Psa 89:7, Gen 22:12, Deut 10:12, Pro 1:7; Pro 9:10; Pro 11:24; Pro 22:4, Isa 8:13, 14, Hos 3:5, *Heb 12:28; *Heb 12:29, 1Pe 1:17, 18, 19, Rev 15:3, 4.
ye his saints. Qedoshayv: Psa 16:3. Exo 3:5, Isa 40:31, Rev 5:8; *Rev 11:18.
no want. T752 (Temporal blessings in general). Psa 34:10; *Psa 23:1; *Psa 23:5; Psa 37:3; Psa 37:19; +Psa 84:11; Psa 91:7; Psa 145:19, *Deut 15:8, 1Sa 30:19, 1Ki 17:6, Job 5:20, Pro 10:3; Pro 11:24, Song 7:2, *Isa 58:11, *Jer 37:21, Mat 6:31; **Mat 6:33, Mar 12:43, Luk 12:28; Luk 12:30, 31, 32; Luk 21:3; Luk 22:35, Act 4:34, *Rom 8:32, 1Co 3:22, 23, *Php 4:19, 1Ti 6:6; 1Ti 6:17.
that fear. Psa 33:18; Psa 103:11; Psa 111:5; Psa 115:11; Psa 135:20, Pro 19:23, Ac 9:31, 1Pe 2:17, *Rev 11:18; Rev 15:4.