Psalms 34:20 meaning and explanation

He protects all his bones; not one of them will be broken.

Psalms 34:20, Berean Standard Bible

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Psalm 34 is David's thanksgiving, titled by the episode when he escaped the Philistine king by feigning madness. Here he sums up God's care for the righteous: "He protects all his bones; not one of them will be broken." The Hebrew word shamar means to guard or keep watch, and the line pictures a person so watched over that no harm reaches even the bones, the body's hidden frame.

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