Psa 34:17-20 says:- “The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles.The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves such as have a contrite spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But the Lord delivers him out of them all. He guards all his bones; not one of them is broken.”

Here are more wonderful promises for us.  David knew first-hand what it was like to be pursued, hunted and threatened. King Saul, filled with jealousy and rage tried on several occasions to take David’s life.  David even had 2 opportunities to exact revenge on the king however he knew it would be wrong to do so (see 1 Sam 26:11).   

David also knew what it was like to be rejected by his friends and those who had turned on him in the heat of battle.  So he was acquainted with trials and challenges from the earliest of days when as a young man he’d been out tending to his father’s sheep in total obscurity.  He had defeated the lion and the bear when they had attacked his father’s flock so he had experience with God’s protection.

This is why he could so confidently say “a righteous man may have many troubles but the Lord delivers him from them all…” (emphasis mine).  He had experienced over and over again the deliverance of the Lord.

This isn’t just a promise for a boy who became king.  This is a promise for anyone who calls on the Lord.  For those who have surrendered their lives to Jesus, they are made righteous in God’s eyes through the blood of His Son.  Therefore we can confidently expect God to deliver us from all our troubles.

This word for ‘deliver’ in the original language means to rescue, save, restore and recover!  It is a verb – an action word and something the Lord does for us or on our behalf.   Further the word used in the Hebrew for ‘all’ is translated all, the whole, each, totality and everything in English. What more could we ask for?

So be encouraged today – no matter what trial, trouble or adversity you are presently facing – the Lord will deliver you from them ALL!