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 χρηστὸς ὁ Κύριος. It is significant that the words are there applied to Christ. See Bp. Westcott's Hebrews, pp. 89ff.

blessed&c. Or, happy is the man that taketh refuge in him. Cp. Psalms 2:12; and Psalms 1:1; Psalms 32:2; but the word for manhere is a different one. It means properly a strong man, and suggests the thought that be he never so strong in himself, man's only true happiness is in dependence on Jehovah.

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