Psalms 34:15 (LSB)

Passage

The eyes of Yahweh are toward the righteous And His ears are open to their cry for help.

Nearby Context

Psalms 34:13 Guard your tongue from evil And your lips from speaking deceit.

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

Psalms 34:15 The eyes of Yahweh are toward the righteous And His ears are open to their cry for help.

Psalms 34:16 The face of Yahweh is against evildoers, To cut off the memory of them from the earth.

Psalms 34:17 The righteous cry, and Yahweh hears And delivers them out of all their troubles.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "eyes", "yahweh", "toward", "righteous", "ears", "open", and "help". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "eyes" and "yahweh", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "Depart from evil and do good Seek..." into verse 16's "The face of Yahweh is against evildoers...", so "eyes" and "yahweh" 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 "eyes" and "yahweh" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.