Psalms 34:16 (DBY)

Passage

The face of Jehovah is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth:

Nearby Context

Psalms 34:14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

Psalms 34:15 The eyes of Jehovah are upon the righteous, and his ears are toward their cry;

Psalms 34:16 The face of Jehovah is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth:

Psalms 34:17 [The righteous] cry, and Jehovah heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

Psalms 34:18 Jehovah is nigh to those that are of a broken heart, and saveth them that are of a contrite spirit.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "face", "jehovah", "against", "evil", "remembrance", and "earth". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "face" and "jehovah", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 15's "The eyes of Jehovah are upon the..." into verse 17's "The righteous cry and Jehovah heareth and...", so "face" and "jehovah" belong inside that flow. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "face" and "jehovah" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.