Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Psalms 34:17
The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, answering those whose call comes forth from a heart acknowledging its own unworthiness, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, answering those whose call comes forth from a heart acknowledging its own unworthiness, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
Verse Psalms 34:17. THE _RIGHTEOUS CRY_] There is no word in the present _Hebrew_ text for righteous; but all the _versions_ preserve it. I suppose it was lost through its similitude to the word צעקו...
THE RIGHTEOUS CRY, AND THE LORD HEARETH - That is, one of the advantages or benefits of being righteous is the privilege of crying unto God, or of calling on his name, with the assurance that he will...
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...
CRY. have cried. HEARETH. hath heard. DELIVERETH. hath rescued....
They cried, and Jehovah heard; And rescued them out of all their distresses. We may understand a subject from the verb, _they who cried cried_, as in Psalms 34:5, i.e., when any cried: or with LXX a...
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...
_THE RIGHTEOUS CRY, AND THE LORD HEARETH, AND DELIVERETH THEM OUT OF ALL THEIR TROUBLES._ (THE RIGHTEOUS) CRY - answering to Psalms 34:15, "his ears are open unto their cry" - i:e., the cry of "the ri...
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...
_[Psalms 34:18]_ צָעֲק֣וּ וַ יהוָ֣ה שָׁמֵ֑עַ וּ...
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...
THE SALVATION OF THE CONTRITE Psalms 34:11 Psalms 34:11 : The gist of this exhortation is quoted by Peter in his first Epistle. See 1 Peter 3:10. We need not fret to defend ourselves or to answer fal...
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...
_One. Septuagint, "daughter." Aquila, "solitary," Greek: monachen. Protestants, "darling," or my soul which is so desolate, Psalm xxi. 21. (Haydock) --- So Christ said, Why hast thou abandoned me? (Ma...
These are all so many charming additions of the security and blessedness of the people of God, and so plain as to need no comment....
Psalms 32 _ Proper Psalm for Ash Wednesday_ (_Morning_). PSALMS 32-34 = _ Day 6_ (_Evening_)....
17._They _(700) _cried, and Jehovah heard them. _The Psalmist’s meaning is, that they are heard as often as they cry. This is a doctrine applicable to all times; and David does not merely relate what...
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,...
[THE RIGHTEOUS] CRY,.... The word "righteous" is not in the original text, but is rightly supplied in our version, as it is in the Targum, and by Jarchi; and so Kimchi and Ben Melech observe, that the...
Psalms 34:17 [The righteous] cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. Ver. 17. _The righteous cry, &c._] This is often inculcated for our better assurance; because we...
11-22 Let young persons set out in life with learning the fear of the Lord, if they desire true comfort here, and eternal happiness hereafter. Those will be most happy who begin the soonest to serve...
Heb. _They cry, _ to wit, the righteous, as is manifest both from the nature of the thing, and from PSALMS 34:15, where they are so called, and with which this verse is to be continued, the 16th verse...
Psalms 34:17 out H6817 (H8804) LORD H3068 hears H8085 (H8804) delivers H5337 (H8689) troubles H6869...
5). HE STRESSES YHWH'S DEEP CONCERN FOR HIS OWN AND HIS DEEP HATRED OF EVIL (15-20). Psalms 34:15 GH ‘The eyes of YHWH are towards the righteous, And his ears are open to their cry. P The face of...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 34:15 The final section describes how the Lord cares for his faithful. It also shows the difference between the way God treats the faithful and the wicked. Both the RIGHTEOUS and...
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...
2 Chronicles 32:20; 2 Chronicles 32:21; 2 Chronicles 32:24; Acts 12:5;...