My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.
My soul ... the Lord - (Jeremiah 9:23.) The humble ... - because they feel his cause and theirs to be one. His deliverance is a pledge of theirs.
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Verse Psalms 34:2. _MY SOUL SHALL MAKE HER BOAST_] Shall _set itself to_ _praise_ the Lord-shall consider this its chief work. _THE HUMBLE_] ענוים _anavim_, the afflicted, such as _David_ had been....
MY SOUL SHALL MAKE HER BOAST IN THE LORD - I myself will rejoice and exult in him. The word “boast” here refers to that on which a man would value himself; that which would be most prominent in his mi...
Psalms 34 The Perfect Praise of His Redeemed People _ 1. His praise for salvation (Psalms 34:1)_ 2. The instructions of the righteous (Psalms 34:11) 3. His redemption remembered ...
XXXIV. YAHWEH'S CARE FOR HIS OWN. An acrostic Ps., the letter Waw being omitted as in Psalms 25. Yahweh's care of the poor who fear Him. Psalms 34:5. Read with LXX, look to him, be radiant, your face...
MY SOUL. I myself. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. HUMBLE. patient, oppressed....
_In the Lord_stands emphatically at the beginning of the sentence in the original; in Him, and not in any of the worldling's objects of self-congratulation (Psalms 49:6; Jeremiah 9:23-24), shall be my...
Resolution of praise....
DISCOURSE: 550 DEVOTION EXEMPLIFIED Psalms 34:2. _My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together....
PSALMS 34 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE An Alphabetical Psalm of Praise and Instruction. ANALYSIS For convenience, this psalm may be regarded as resolving itself into three stanzas of seven verses each, follow...
HUMBLE] RV 'meek,' all patient and trustful souls....
The reliability of this title (_A Psalm_ of David; when he feigned madness (RM) before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed) is doubtful, both because the Philistine king in question is call...
Psalms 1:41 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the * before a word to show an explanation. The translated Bible tex...
HUMBLE. — See Note on Psalms 9:12. The LXX. and Vulg., “the meek.” It means here those who have learnt patience in the school of suffering....
_[Psalms 34:3]_ בַּ֭ יהוָה תִּתְהַלֵּ֣ל נַפְשִׁ֑י יִשְׁמְע֖וּ...
Psalms 34:1 THE occasion of this psalm, according to the superscription, was that humiliating and questionable episode, when David pretended insanity to save his life from the ruler of Goliath's city...
“MAGNIFY THE LORD WITH ME” Psalms 34:1 The event associated with this psalm is recorded in 1 Samuel 21:1. It was not a very creditable incident. David, however, realized the goodness of God, notwith...
In this psalm praise is personal. After the chorus of the last we have a solo full of feeling. It tells of the goodness of Jehovah and that in order that others may know and be helped. The opening dec...
My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the (b) humble shall hear [thereof], and be glad. (b) They who are beaten down with the experience of their own evils....
_Arms. Hebrew magen, "buckler," of a smaller size (1 Kings xvii. 6, 7.) than the shield, ( tsinna) which was used to cover the whole body. St. Jerome renders the latter word by hastam, "the spear." (C...
It is a blessed way so lo praise God as to invite other's to the same practice by our example; and when we not only invite by action, but by winning words. And the best evidence produced by way of pro...
_BENEDICAM DOMINO_ ‘I will bless the Lord at all times: His praise shall continually be in my mouth,’ etc. Psalms 34:1 I. DAVID BEGINS BY SAYING, ‘I WILL BLESS THE LORD AT ALL TIMES.’—This should b...
Psalms 32 _ Proper Psalm for Ash Wednesday_ (_Morning_). PSALMS 32-34 = _ Day 6_ (_Evening_)....
2._My soul shall make her boast in Jehovah. _The term _soul _in this place signifies not the vital spirit, but the seat of the affections; as if David had said, I shall always have ground of boasting...
Psalms 34. The sure government of God enables faith to bless at all times. He has proved His faithfulness to them that were in distress. The psalmist, Christ in spirit, calls on the remnant to praise,...
MY SOUL SHALL MAKE HER BOAST IN THE LORD,.... Not in men, nor in any outward enjoyment, nor in any works of righteousness, but in the Lord; "in the Word of the Lord", as the Targum; in the Lord Jesus...
My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear [thereof], and be glad. Ver. 2. _My soul shall make her boast in the Lord_] This holy gloriation is a Christian's duty not to be neglec...
_I will bless the Lord at all times_ I will never forget to bless God for this miraculous deliverance. _My soul shall make her boast_, &c. Shall glory in this, that I have so powerful and gracious a L...
THANKSGIVING AND INSTRUCTION OF ONE DELIVERED OUT OF GREAT TROUBLE. A psalm of David when he changed his behavior before Abimelech, this being the title of the Philistine rulers, Genesis 20:2, the nam...
My soul shall make her boast in the Lord, glory in Jehovah, setting forth His majesty and goodness; THE HUMBLE, that is, the sufferers, the pious who have been humbled in the school of sorrows, shall...
1-10 If we hope to spend eternity in praising God, it is fit that we should spend much of our time here in this work. He never said to any one, Seek ye me in vain. David's prayers helped to silence h...
MY SOUL shall glory in this, that I have so powerful and so gracious a Lord and Master. The HUMBLE; or, the _meek_, i.e. the godly, oft called in Scripture by that title; and particularly my friends a...
1). WORDS IN PRAISE OF YHWH (1-3). Psalms 34:1 A ‘I will bless YHWH at all times, His praise will continually be in my mouth. B My soul will make her boast in YHWH, The meek will hear of it, and...
Psalms 34:1 I. David begins by saying, "I will bless the Lord at all times." This should be our resolution also. (1) There is a great power in praising. It leads one away from self-consciousness. (2)...
Psalms 34:1. _I will bless the LORD at all times:_ «At dark times, and bright times when I am alone, and when I am in company; when I feel like doing it and when I do not feel like doing it: ‘I will...
«A psalm of David when he changed his behavior before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed.» It was a very painful exhibition, and one in which David does not shine but in which, nevertheles...
Psalms 34:1 _I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth._ What a sweet resolve! Oh, that every one of us who knows the Lord would make that resolve, and keep it a...
Psalms 34:1. _I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth._ «Others may do what they please, and murmur, and complain, and be filled with dread and apprehension of...
The title of this Psalm is, «A Psalm of David, when he changed his behavior before Abimelech (or, Achish); who drove him away, and he departed.» It relates to a sad scene in David's life when he had t...
CONTENTS: David thankfully records God's goodness and invites the praise of others. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: God's people who share His special favor should concur in His praises and magn...
Psalms 34:6. _This poor man cried._ David, a prince yesterday, was poor to-day; an exile among his enemies, and destitute of friends. Yesterday, Saul sought his life, and now the friends of Goliath as...
_My soul shall make her boast in the Lord; the humble shall hear thereof and be glad._ RIGHTFUL BOASTING We all are prone to boast, and often on very slender grounds. The worst are they who boast of...
_I will bless the Lord at all times: His praise shall continually be in my mouth._ A DEVOUT HYMN I. an exemplification of true praise. 1. It is thorough. (1) There is no praise without concentrati...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 34:1. This psalm is an expression of thanksgiving for God’s protection and care for those who trust in him. The title connects the psalm to...
INTRODUCTION “This psalm is assigned by the superscription to the occasion when David, persecuted by Saul, fled to the Philistines, and being brought before Achish was driven away by him as a madman ...
EXPOSITION THIS is the third of the alphabetical psalms, and appears to have a special connection with the second of them, Psalms 25:1. Like that psalm, it omits the _vav_, and has a second _pe _at th...
Psa 34:1-22 is a psalm of David when he, it says, "changed his behavior, before Abimelech." Actually, it is probably the case of when he had gone down and Abimelech or Achish the king who drove him aw...
1 Corinthians 1:31; 1 Timothy 1:15; 1 Timothy 1:16; 2 Corinthians 10:17;...
Shall boast — Shall glory in this, that I have so powerful and so gracious a master. The humble — The righteous....