Psalms 34:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. ”

Psalms 34:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This poor man cried - The psalmist here returns to his own particular experience. The emphasis here is on the word “this:” “This poor, afflicted, persecuted man cried.” There is something much mo...
Psalms 34:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Psalms 34:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

troubles . distresses.
Psalms 34:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

6. This poor man cried, and Jehovah heard him. David here introduces all the godly speaking of himself, the more emphatically to express how much weight there is in his example to encourage...
Psalms 34:6 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 551 GRATEFUL RECOLLECTIONS Psalms 34:6 . This poor man cried; and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. IT is of great advantage to have transmitted to us the e...
Psalms 34:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him , and saved him out of all his troubles. This poor man cried - זה עני zeh ani, "This afflicted man," David.
Psalms 34:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

This poor man cried— This seems to be the triumph of David's afflicted friends for his safe return, says Chandler. "This distressed man cried and sought the help of God, when he was in the greatest...
Psalms 34:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. This poor man ... As in Psalms 34:4-5 , he passed from his own individual case to the general case of all...
Psalms 34:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Psalms 34:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

This poor man. — Better, this sufferer — i.e. , either the writer, or Israel personified.
Psalms 34:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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'...
Psalms 34:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“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...
Psalms 34:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Psalms 34:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Is not Christ emphatically here spoken of? Is he not the same poor man as Solomon high spoken of also? Ecclesiastes 9:14-15 .
Psalms 34:6 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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...
Psalms 34:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

This poor man cried ,.... Singling out some one person from among the humble, who was remarkably delivered; it is the common case of the people of God to be poor and afflicted, and in their afflicti...
Psalms 34:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

This poor man cried, and the LORD heard [him], and saved him out of all his troubles. Ver. 6. This poor man cried ] Meaning himself, to whom it seemeth he pointed the finger, or laid his hand on h...
Psalms 34:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Psalms 34:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Praise and Thanksgiving. A psalm of David when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he depart...
Psalms 34:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

i.e. David, of whom they that looked , &c., Psalms 34:5 , spake these words.
Psalms 34:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Z ‘This poor man cried, and YHWH heard him, And saved him out of all his troubles. CH The angel of YHWH encamps round about those who fear him, And delivers them.' David was duly humbled by his e...
Psalms 34:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 34:6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

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 34:6 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Psalms 34:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...
Psalms 34:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Psalms 34:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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...
Psalms 34:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 22:1 ; Genesis 48:16 ; Psalms 10:17 ; Psalms 3:4 ; Psalms 40:17 ; Psalms 66:16-20 ; Psalms 34:17-19 ; Revelation 7:14-17
Psalms 34:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

This man — David.

Psalms 34:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 34:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 34:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 34:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 34:6 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Psalms 34:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 34:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 34:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 34:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 34:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 34:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 34:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 34:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 34:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 34:6 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 34:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 34:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 34:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 34:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 34:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 34:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 34:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 34:6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 34:6 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 34:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 34:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 34:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 34:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 34:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 34:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes