Psalms 34:5

Lightened — Comforted and encouraged. Ashamed — They were not disappointed of their hope.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 o...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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 me...
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

They looked. Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read Imperative, "Look.. " looked . looked expectantly. To this end Jehovah keep...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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 w...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed. They ... lightened. In their times of darkness they were brighten...
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, b...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

They ] The Psalmist's individual experience is also a general one.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Were lightened. — The Hebrew verb means properly “to flow,” but by a natural process, as in the common phrases “ streams of light,” “ floods of l...
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 in...
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...
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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
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 sa...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 32 Proper Psalm for Ash Wednesday ( Morning ). Psalms 32-34 = Day 6 ( Evening ).
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 s...
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 e...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Praise and Thanksgiving. A psalm of David when he changed his behaviour b...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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. U...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
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 brough...
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 p...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 34:3-8 I. Religion's first object is to magnify the Lord. The exhortation is to do this in concert: "O magnify the Lord with me," etc. Here...
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 c...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

The title of this Psalm is, «A Psalm of David, when he changed his behavior before Abimelech (or, Achish); who drove him away, and he departed.» It r...
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. What a sweet resolve! Oh, that every one of us who...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

«A psalm of David when he changed his behavior before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed.» It was a very painful exhibition, and one in w...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 34:1 . I will bless the LORD at all times: «At dark times, and bright times when I am alone, and when I am in company; when I feel like do...
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, Sa...
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 i...
The Biblical Illustrator

O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together. A testimony meeting “God’s praises sound best in concert.” The praise that lift...
The Biblical Illustrator

They looked unto Him and were lightened; and their faces were not ashamed. Good authority for a good hope How low, oftentimes, has been the con...
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 . L...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

They, all sufferers in the class of David, looked unto Him, in eager longing for salvation, and were lightened, they became bright, reflecting th...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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⁵ They looked unto him, and were lightened:a and their faces were not ashamed.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 34:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 34:5