“The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Psalms 34 contains 22 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.