Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 34:5
Lightened — Comforted and encouraged. Ashamed — They were not disappointed of their hope.
Lightened — Comforted and encouraged. Ashamed — They were not disappointed of their hope.
Verse Psalms 34:5. _THEY LOOKED UNTO HIM_] Instead of הביטו _hibbitu_, they looked, several of Dr. _Kennicott's_ and _De Rossi's_ MSS. have הביטו _habbitu_, with the point _pathach_, "Look ye." _AND...
THEY LOOKED UNTO HIM - That is, they who were with the psalmist. He was not alone when he fled to Abimelech; and the meaning here is, that each one of those who were with him looked to God, and found...
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...
THEY LOOKED. Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read Imperative, "Look.. " LOOKED. looked expectantly. To this end Jehovah keeps us in salutary suspense. UNTO HIM. That is why they...
_They looked_&c. The subject is to be supplied from the verb. _They that looked unto him looked, and were brightened_. The earnest gaze of faith and confidence was not in vain. For the phrase cp. Isai...
Such experience of Jehovah's help is not limited to the Psalmist....
AND WERE LIGHTENED— The original verb נהר _nahar_ signifies, properly, to _flow down_ or _flow around,_ and is used of the flow of rivers, and with equal propriety applied to the flow of light. Accord...
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...
_THEY LOOKED UNTO HIM, AND WERE LIGHTENED: AND THEIR FACES WERE NOT ASHAMED._ They ... lightened. In their times of darkness they were brightened with the light of His countenance, so that serenity w...
34:5 not (c-12) Or 'shall not be.'...
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...
THEY] The Psalmist's individual experience is also a general one....
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...
WERE LIGHTENED. — The Hebrew verb means properly “to flow,” but by a natural process, as in the common phrases “_streams_ of light,” “_floods_ of light,” acquired in Aramaic the sense of “shining.” Su...
_[Psalms 34:6]_ הִבִּ֣יטוּ אֵלָ֣יו וְ נָהָ֑רוּ וּ֝...
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...
They (d) looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed. (d) They will be bold to flee to you for help, when they see your mercies toward me....
Dust. Hebrew mots, small "chaff," Psalm i. 4. (Vatable) --- Angel. The evil spirits are employed to punish the wicked, as good protect the just, Psalm xxxiii. 8. Some Fathers have supposed that every...
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_)....
5._They shall look to him, and shall flow to him. _I have already intimated, that this verse and the following should be read in connection with the preceding verse. In relating his own experience Dav...
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,...
THEY LOOKED TO HIM, AND WERE LIGHTENED,.... That is, "the humble" ones, Psalms 34:2; and so this is a reason why they should join in praising and magnifying the Lord; these "looked" up to God in praye...
They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed. Ver. 5. _They looked unto him, and were lightened_] They, that is, my servants and fellow soldiers who accompanied me first...
_I sought the Lord, and he heard me_ David now proceeds to give reasons why God should be praised and glorified; he himself and others had found by experience, that he was a God hearing and answering...
They, all sufferers in the class of David, LOOKED UNTO HIM, in eager longing for salvation, AND WERE LIGHTENED, they became bright, reflecting the beaming kindness of the heavenly Father; AND THEIR FA...
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...
THEY LOOKED UNTO HIM: Or, they flowed unto him...
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...
THEY LOOKED; the humble, PSALMS 34:2; or they that fear him, PSALMS 34:7, when they were in distress. Or it is an indefinite expression. UNTO HIM; either, 1. _Unto the Lord_, expressed PSALMS 34:4, i....
Psalms 34:5 looked H5027 (H8689) radiant H5102 (H8804) faces H6440 ashamed H2659 (H8799) They -...
2). HE REJOICES IN THE DELIVERY OF HIMSELF AND HIS MEN (4-7). Psalms 34:4 D ‘I sought YHWH, and he answered me, And delivered me from all my fears. H They looked to him, and were radiant, And the...
Psalms 34:3 I. Religion's first object is to magnify the Lord. The exhortation is to do this in concert: "O magnify the Lord with me," etc. Here is the essential element and the pure spirit of religi...
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: 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...
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...
«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:_ «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...
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...
_They looked unto Him and were lightened; and their faces were not ashamed._ GOOD AUTHORITY FOR A GOOD HOPE How low, oftentimes, has been the condition of the people of God! See the lamentations of...
_O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together._ A TESTIMONY MEETING “God’s praises sound best in concert.” The praise that lifts its voice in solitude is beautiful, but it is far mo...
_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 34:4 The psalmist gives specific examples of God’s kindness. ASHAMED in this context means being disappointed at not finding what was hoped for....
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 Samuel 19:5; Esther 8:16; Hebrews 12:2; Isaiah 45:22; Psalms 13:3;...