Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 34:8
O taste — Make trial, of it by your own experience of it. Good — Merciful and gracious.
O taste — Make trial, of it by your own experience of it. Good — Merciful and gracious.
Verse Psalms 34:8. _O TASTE AND SEE THAT THE LORD IS GOOD_] Apply to him by faith and prayer; plead his _promises_, he will fulfil them; and you shall know in consequence, that _the Lord is good_. Go...
O TASTE AND SEE - This is an address to others, founded on the experience of the psalmist. He had found protection from the Lord; he had had evidence of His goodness; and he asks now of others that th...
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...
TASTE, &C. Referred to in 1 Peter 2:3. BLESSED. How happy. See App-63. MAN. strong man. Hebrew. _geber._ App-14. Trusting not in his own strength, but in Jehovah. TRUSTETH IN. fleeth for refuge to....
_O taste_&c. Make but trial, and you will perceive what His goodness is toward them who fear Him. Cp. Psalms 27:13. The adaptation of the words in 1 Peter 2:3 follows the rendering of the LXX, ὅτι χρη...
DISCOURSE: 552 EXPERIMENTAL RELIGION ENFORCED Psalms 34:8. _O taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man that trusteth in him._ THERE is, in the minds of many, a prejudice against experi...
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...
_O TASTE AND SEE THAT THE LORD IS GOOD: BLESSED IS THE MAN THAT TRUSTETH IN HIM._ O taste ... The sumptuous feast is ready, will you not taste it for yourselves? (Isaiah 55:1; Luke 14:16). Mere heari...
34:8 man (d-11) _ Geber_ . so Psalms 40:4 . see Job 3:3 ....
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...
TASTE. — Comp. Hebrews 6:4; 1 Peter 2:3....
_[Psalms 34:9]_ טַעֲמ֣וּ וּ֭ רְאוּ כִּי ־טֹ֣וב...
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...
_Fall. He foretells the destruction of Saul, and his own glory. (Calmet)_...
All these verses are beautiful representations of the fulness; suitableness; completeness, and all-sufficiency of a God in Christ to answer all the wants of his people. And is there not a vast eleganc...
_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_)....
8._Taste and see that Jehovah is good. _In this verse the Psalmist indirectly reproves men for their dulness in not perceiving the goodness of God, which ought to be to them more than matter of simple...
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,...
O TASTE, AND SEE THAT THE LORD [IS] GOOD,.... He is essentially, infinitely, perfectly, immutably, and solely good in himself; and he is communicatively and diffusively good to others: he is the autho...
O taste and see that the LORD [is] good: blessed [is] the man [that] trusteth in him. Ver. 8. _O taste and see, &c._] viz. With the mouth of your mind, and with the eyes of your faith perceive, and e...
_O taste and see that the Lord is good_ That is, kind, merciful, and gracious, namely, to all his people. The goodness of God, here spoken of, includes both the amiableness and benevolence of his natu...
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...
O taste, trying it out as something extremely palatable, AND SEE, enjoying it also with the eyes, THAT THE LORD IS GOOD, the psalmist urging the believers to seek the experience, to make certain for t...
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...
TASTE, i.e. consider it seriously, and thoroughly, and affectionately; make trial of it by your own and others experiences. This is opposed to those slight and vanishing thoughts which men have of it....
3). HE CALLS ON THE PEOPLE TO TASTE OF YHWH, AND TO LEARN TO FEAR HIM (8-11). Psalms 34:8 T ‘Oh taste and see that YHWH is good, Blessed is the strong man (gbr) who takes refuge in him. Y Oh fear...
Psalms 34:8 The excellence and desirableness of God's gifts is a subject again and again set before us in Holy Scripture. All images of what is pleasant and sweet in nature are brought together to des...
Psalms 34:8 I. "Taste and see how gracious the Lord is." We may do this, it is true, but we may also refuse to do it. It would be a mere waste of words to say, "Taste of pleasure, and see how sweet it...
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 34:3 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 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...
_O taste and see that the Lord is good._ IMPORTANT EXHORTATION I. A call to the enjoyment of divine goodness (Psalms 34:8). Two things are necessary to the enjoyment of this goodness: 1. Freedom fr...
_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 34:8 The song encourages all who sing it to FEAR THE LORD (v. Psalms 34:9), that is, to respect, obey, and worship God
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 John 1:1; 1 John 4:7; 1 Peter 2:2; 1 Peter 2:3; Hebrews 6:4;...