“God takes care of the righteous (by "eyes" referring not simply to sight but also to what is done by God in beneficence and providence).… He also accepts their requests.… But he has an eye also for the wicked, though not in the same way as for the good. To what effect? "To destroy remembrance of them from the land": ……”
Theodore of Mopsuestia, 5th c. — COMMENTARY ON PSALMS 34:16A-17B
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15The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.
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13Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
14Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
— Psalms 34:15 —
16The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
17The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.