Psalm 34

Taste and See That Yahweh Is Good// 1 Samuel 21:8–15

Of David, when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, so that the king drove him away.

¹I will bless Yahweh at all times;

His praise will always be on my lips.

• PS 34:1[TEXT]ABIMELECH. 1 Samuel 21:10 to 15 names the king of Gath Achish. Many think Abimelech was a royal title for Philistine kings, like Pharaoh in Egypt, Genesis 20:2 and 26:1.

²My soul boasts in Yahweh;

let the oppressed hear and rejoice.

³Magnify Yahweh with me;

let us exalt His name together.

⁴I sought Yahweh, and He answered me;

He delivered me from all my fears.

⁵Those who look to Him are radiant with joy;

their faces shall never be ashamed.

⁶This poor man called out, and Yahweh heard him;

He saved him from all his troubles.

⁷The angel of Yahweh encamps around those who fear Him,

and he delivers them.

• PS 34:7[MIRACLE]The angel of Yahweh encamps around those who fear Him

⁸Taste and see that Yahweh is good;

blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!

• PS 34:8[ALLUDED TO]The New Testament refers to this → 1PE 2:3
• PS 34:8[NOTABLE]Faith is not only something you think about. Try God for yourself.

⁹Fear Yahweh, you His saints,

for those who fear Him lack nothing.

¹⁰Young lions go lacking and hungry,

but those who seek Yahweh lack no good thing.

¹¹Come, children, listen to me;

I will teach you the fear of Yahweh.

¹²Who is the man who delights in life,

who desires to see good days?

• PS 34:12[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → 1PE 3:10-12

¹³Keep your tongue from evil

and your lips from deceitful speech.

¹⁴Turn away from evil and do good;

seek peace and pursue it.

¹⁵The eyes of Yahweh are on the righteous,

and His ears are inclined to their cry.

¹⁶But the face of Yahweh is against those who do evil,

to wipe out all memory of them from the earth.

¹⁷The righteous cry out, and Yahweh hears;

He delivers them from all their troubles.

¹⁸Yahweh is near to the brokenhearted;

He saves the contrite in spirit.

• PS 34:18[HEART]The Lord is near the brokenhearted.

¹⁹Many are the afflictions of the righteous,

but Yahweh delivers him from them all.

²⁰He protects all his bones;

not one of them will be broken.

• PS 34:20[PROPHECY]Not a bone of His body would be broken → JN 19:31-36
• PS 34:20[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → JN 19:36
• PS 34:20[NOTE]NOT ONE BROKEN. John saw this when the soldiers did not break Jesus' legs, John 19:36.

²¹Evil will slay the wicked,

and the haters of the righteous will be condemned.

²²Yahweh redeems His servants,

and none who take refuge in Him will be condemned.