Psalms 34:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. ”

Psalms 34:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

O taste and see - This is an address to others, founded on the experience of the psalmist. He had found protection from the Lord; he had had evidence of His goodness; and he asks now of others th...
Psalms 34:8 - 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 34:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

taste, &c. Referred to in 1 Peter 2:3 . Blessed . How happy. See App-63. man . strong man. Hebrew. geber. App-14. Trusting not in his own strength, but in Jehovah. trusteth in . fleeth...
Psalms 34:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

8. Taste and see that Jehovah is good. In this verse the Psalmist indirectly reproves men for their dulness in not perceiving the goodness of God, which ought to be to them more than matter...
Psalms 34:8 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 552 EXPERIMENTAL RELIGION ENFORCED Psalms 34:8 . O taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man that trusteth in him. THERE is, in the minds of many, a prejudice against...
Psalms 34:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. O taste and see that the Lord is good - Apply to him by faith and prayer; plead his promises, he will fulfill the...
Psalms 34:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. O taste ... The sumptuous feast is ready, will you not taste it for yourselves? ( Isaiah 55:1 ; Luke 14:16-17...
Psalms 34:8 - 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 34:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Taste. — Comp. Hebrews 6:4 ; 1 Peter 2:3 .
Psalms 34:8 - 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 34:8 - 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 34:8 - 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 34:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

All these verses are beautiful representations of the fulness; suitableness; completeness, and all-sufficiency of a God in Christ to answer all the wants of his people. And is there not a vast elegan...
Psalms 34:8 - 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 34:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

O taste, and see that the Lord [is] good ,.... He is essentially, infinitely, perfectly, immutably, and solely good in himself; and he is communicatively and diffusively good to others: he is the au...
Psalms 34:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

O taste and see that the LORD [is] good: blessed [is] the man [that] trusteth in him. Ver. 8. O taste and see, &c. ] viz. With the mouth of your mind, and with the eyes of your faith perceive,...
Psalms 34:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

O taste and see that the Lord is good That is, kind, merciful, and gracious, namely, to all his people. The goodness of God, here spoken of, includes both the amiableness and benevolence of his nat...
Psalms 34:8 - 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 34:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Taste, i.e. consider it seriously, and thoroughly, and affectionately; make trial of it by your own and others experiences. This is opposed to those slight and vanishing thoughts which men have of...
Psalms 34:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

3). He Calls On The People To Taste Of YHWH, And To Learn To Fear Him (8-11). Psalms 34:8-11 T ‘Oh taste and see that YHWH is good, Blessed is the strong man (gbr) who takes refuge in him. Y...
Psalms 34:8 - 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 34:8 - 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 34:8 - 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 34:8 - 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 34:8 - 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 34:8 - 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 34:8 - 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 34:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 1:1-3 ; 1 John 4:7-10 ; 1 Peter 2:2 ; 1 Peter 2:3 ; Hebrews 6:4 ; Hebrews 6:5 ; Jeremiah 31:14 ; Psalms 119:103 ; Psalms 2:12 ; Psalms 36:10 ; Psalms 36:7 ; Psalms 52:1 ; Psalms 6...
Psalms 34:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

O taste — Make trial, of it by your own experience of it. Good — Merciful and gracious.

Psalms 34:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 34:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 34:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 34:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 34:8 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Psalms 34:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 34:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 34:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 34:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 34:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 34:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 34:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 34:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 34:8 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 34:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 34:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 34:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 34:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 34:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 34:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 34:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 34:8 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 34:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 34:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 34:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 34:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 34:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 34:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 34:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes