“ What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good? ”
What man is he that desireth life? - That desires to live long. All people naturally love life; and all naturally desire to live long; and this desire, being founded in our nature, is not wrong....
What man [is he that] desireth life, [and] loveth [many] days, that he may (i) see good? (i) Seeing all men naturally desire happiness, he wonders why they cast themselves willingly into misery.
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, you...
What... ? Referred to in 1 Peter 3:10-12 . life. Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6, put for all that makes life worth living.
12. Who is the man who desireth life? The prophet does not inquire if there be any man so disposed, as if all men voluntarily brought upon themselves the miseries which befall them; for we k...
DISCOURSE: 553 THE FEAR OF GOD INCULCATED Psalms 34:11-16 . Come, ye children, hearken unto me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord. What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, th...
What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good? What man is he that desireth life - He who wishes to live long and to live happily, let him act according to the f...
And loveth many days, that he may see good— And loveth days to see or enjoy good. Houbigant. The meaning of the verse is, "Who is the man that desires a long and happy life?"
What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good? What man ... desireth life ... see good? Who is there that does not desire "life" in its fullest enjoyment? The...
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 cal...
Desireth life. — Better, the man delighting in life. These gnomic sayings are echoes from the book of Proverbs. (See especially Proverbs 4:23 .)
Psalms 34:1-22 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'...
the Salvation of the Contrite Psalms 34:11-22 Psalms 34:11-14 : 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...
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 de...
How exceedingly to be desired is it, that those who set up for instructors of children would adopt David's plan, and instead of useless sciences, falsely so called, teach that happy science, the only...
Psalms 32 Proper Psalm for Ash Wednesday ( Morning ). Psalms 32-34 = Day 6 ( Evening ).
What man [is he that] desireth life ?.... Every man desires life, even a natural life; it is more desirable than all things in it; especially an healthful life, without which the blessings and merci...
What man [is he that] desireth life, [and] loveth [many] days, that he may see good? Ver. 12. What man is he that desireth life? ] This is David's doctrine; and to draw company about him, he procl...
What man is he that desireth life A long and happy life, begun in this world and continued for ever in the next: namely, who is he that seriously and in good earnest desires it, so as to be willing...
An Exhortation to Fear God; The Privileges of the Righteous. 11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you th...
Desireth, to wit, seriously and in good earnest, so as to be willing to use any endeavours which shall be prescribed to him: for otherwise the question were needless; for there is no man but desire...
4). He Points Out To Them The Way To True Life (12-14). Psalms 34:12-14 M ‘What man is he who desires life, And loves many days, that he may see good?' N Keep your tongue from evil, And your...
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...
Psalms 34:11-15 In the first place, David sums up his advice in one grand affection, which he calls the fear of the Lord. Then he proceeds to detail what is comprehended in "the fear of the Lord."...
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...
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...
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 conc...
EXPOSITION THIS is the third of the alphabetical psalms, and appears to have a special connection with the second of them, Psalms 25:1-19 . Like that psalm, it omits the vav , and has a seco...
David Teaches True Piety
1 Peter 3:10 ; 1 Peter 3:11 ; Deuteronomy 30:20 ; Deuteronomy 6:2 ; Ecclesiastes 12:13 ; Ecclesiastes 2:3 ; Job 7:7 ; Psalms 21:4 ; Psalms 4:6 ; Psalms 91:16
Life — A long and happy life, begun in this world and continued for ever in the next. Good — In which he may enjoy good, prosperity or happiness.