“ They looked unto him, and were lightened:a and their faces were not ashamed. ”
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 f...
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.
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...
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 wh...
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 exper...
They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed. They looked unto him - Instead of הביטו hibbitu, they looked, several of Dr. Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS. have הביטו hab...
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. Acc...
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 sere...
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...
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.”...
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'...
“Magnify the Lord with Me” Psalms 34:1-10 The event associated with this psalm is recorded in 1 Samuel 21:1-15 . It was not a very creditable incident. David, however, realized the goodness of...
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...
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 pr...
BENEDICAM DOMINO ‘I will bless the Lord at all times: His praise shall continually be in my mouth,’ etc. Psalms 34:1-8 I. David begins by saying, ‘I will bless the Lord at all times.’ —This...
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...
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 fir...
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...
Praise and Thanksgiving. A psalm of David when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he depart...
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...
2). He Rejoices In The Delivery Of Himself And His Men (4-7). Psalms 34:4-5 D ‘I sought YHWH, and he answered me, And delivered me from all my fears. H They looked to him, and were radiant,...
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 34:1-8 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...
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...
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 , t...
2 Samuel 19:5 ; Esther 8:16 ; Hebrews 12:2 ; Isaiah 45:22 ; Psalms 13:3 ; Psalms 18:28 ; Psalms 97:11 ; Psalms 123:1 ; Psalms 123:2 ; Psalms 83:16
Lightened — Comforted and encouraged. Ashamed — They were not disappointed of their hope.