Taste and See That the Lord Is Good
34:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, each verse beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet Of David, when he 1 Sam. 21:13changed his behavior before [1 Sam. 21:10,11,12,14]Abimelech, so that he drove him out, and he went away.
1 I will bless the Lord[Eph. 5:20;1 Thess. 5:18]at all times;
his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
2 My soul Ps. 44:8;1 Sam. 2:1;Jer. 9:24makes its boast in the Lord;
let the humble hear and Ps. 119:74be glad.
3 Oh, Ps. 35:27;40:16;69:30;70:4;Luke 1:46magnify the Lord with me,
and let us exalt his name together!
4 I 2 Chr. 15:2;[Matt. 7:7]sought the Lord, and he answered me
and delivered me from all my fears.
5 Those who look to him are Isa. 60:5;[Ps. 4:6]radiant,
and their faces shall never be ashamed.
6 ver. 15, 17This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him
and ver. 17, 19;2 Sam. 22:1saved him out of all his troubles.
7 Dan. 6:22;Heb. 1:14The angel of the Lord[Gen. 32:1,2;2 Kgs. 6:17]encamps
around those who fear him, and delivers them.
8 Oh, Heb. 6:5;1 Pet. 2:3taste and see that Ps. 100:5the Lord is good!
See Ps. 2:12Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!
9 Oh, fear the Lord, you his saints,
for those who fear him have no lack!
10 Job 4:10,11The young lions suffer want and hunger;
but those who [Ps. 84:11]seek the Lord lack no good thing.
11 Ps. 66:16Come, O children, listen to me;
[Ps. 32:8]I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
12 Cited 1 Pet. 3:10-12What man is there who desires life
and loves many days, that he may Eccles. 3:13;6:6see good?
13 Ps. 15:3;39:1;141:3;Prov. 13:3;21:23;James 1:26;3:2;1 Pet. 2:1,22Keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from John 1:47;Rev. 14:5speaking deceit.
14 Ps. 37:27;Isa. 1:16,17;[Job 28:28] Turn away from evil and do good;
seek peace and Rom. 14:19;Heb. 12:14;[Rom. 12:18]pursue it.
15 See Ps. 33:18The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous
ver. 6, 8;Ps. 145:18;[John 9:31]and his ears toward their cry.
16 Jer. 44:11;Amos 9:4The face of the Lord is against those who do evil,
to See Ps. 21:10cut off the memory of them from the earth.
17 [See ver. 15above]When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears
and delivers them out of all their troubles.
18 The Lord is near to Ps. 51:17;147:3;Isa. 61:1the brokenhearted
and saves Isa. 57:15;66:2;See Luke 15:17-24the crushed in spirit.
19 2 Tim. 3:11,12Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
ver. 6, 17, 22;[Acts 12:11]but the Lord delivers him out of them all.
20 He keeps all his bones;
John 19:36not one of them is broken.
21 Ps. 94:23;Prov. 24:16;[Ps. 7:15,16]Affliction will slay the wicked,
and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.
22 The LordSee Ps. 25:22redeems the life of his servants;
none of those who take refuge in him will be [Rom. 8:33,34]condemned.