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Verse Psalms 34:12. _WHAT MAN_ IS HE THAT _DESIRETH LIFE_] He who
wishes to live long and to live happily, let him act according to the
following directions. For a comment upon this and the _four_ ens...
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WHAT MAN IS HE THAT DESIRETH LIFE? - That desires to live long. All
people naturally love life; and all naturally desire to live long; and
this desire, being founded in our nature, is not wrong. Life...
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Psalms 34
The Perfect Praise of His Redeemed People
_ 1. His praise for salvation (Psalms 34:1)_
2. The instructions of the righteous (Psalms 34:11)
3. His redemption remembered ...
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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, your face...
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WHAT... ? Referred to in 1 Peter 3:10.
LIFE. Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, put for all
that makes life worth living....
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The challenge with its answer in Psalms 34:13 is a vivid and forcible
equivalent for _Whosoever desires … let him &c_. Cp. Psalms 25:12.
_life_ Not mere existence, but life worthy of the name (Psalms...
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DISCOURSE: 553
THE FEAR OF GOD INCULCATED
Psalms 34:11. Come, ye children, hearken unto me; I will teach you the
fear of the Lord. What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many
days, that he may...
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AND LOVETH MANY DAYS, THAT HE MAY SEE GOOD— _And loveth days to see_
or _enjoy good._ Houbigant. The meaning of the verse is, "Who is the
man that desires a long and happy life?...
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PSALMS 34
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
An Alphabetical Psalm of Praise and Instruction.
ANALYSIS
For convenience, this psalm may be regarded as resolving itself into
three stanzas of seven verses each, follow...
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_WHAT MAN IS HE THAT DESIRETH LIFE, AND LOVETH MANY DAYS, THAT HE MAY
SEE GOOD?_
What man ... desireth life ... see good? Who is there that does not
desire "life" in its fullest enjoyment? The Psalmi...
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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 call...
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Psalms 1:41
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
Words in boxes are from the Bible.
The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the *
before a word to show an explanation.
The translated Bible tex...
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DESIRETH LIFE. — Better, _the man delighting in life._ These gnomic
sayings are echoes from the book of Proverbs. (See especially Proverbs
4:23.)...
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_[Psalms 34:13]_ מִֽי ־הָ֭ אִישׁ הֶ חָפֵ֣ץ...
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Psalms 34:1
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's city...
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THE SALVATION OF THE CONTRITE
Psalms 34:11
Psalms 34:11 : The gist of this exhortation is quoted by Peter in his
first Epistle. See 1 Peter 3:10. We need not fret to defend ourselves
or to answer fal...
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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 dec...
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What man [is he that] desireth life, [and] loveth [many] days, that he
may (i) see good?
(i) Seeing all men naturally desire happiness, he wonders why they
cast themselves willingly into misery....
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_Depriving, sterilitatem. (Haydock) --- Hebrew denotes the condition
of one who has lost a husband or father. --- I had exposed my life for
the welfare of the state, and of those who now seek my ruin....
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How exceedingly to be desired is it, that those who set up for
instructors of children would adopt David's plan, and instead of
useless sciences, falsely so called, teach that happy science, the
only...
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Psalms 32
_ Proper Psalm for Ash Wednesday_ (_Morning_).
PSALMS 32-34 = _ Day 6_ (_Evening_)....
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12._Who is the man who desireth life? _The prophet does not inquire if
there be any man so disposed, as if all men voluntarily brought upon
themselves the miseries which befall them; for we know that...
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Psalms 34. The sure government of God enables faith to bless at all
times. He has proved His faithfulness to them that were in distress.
The psalmist, Christ in spirit, calls on the remnant to praise,...
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WHAT MAN [IS HE THAT] DESIRETH LIFE?.... Every man desires life, even
a natural life; it is more desirable than all things in it; especially
an healthful life, without which the blessings and mercies...
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What man [is he that] desireth life, [and] loveth [many] days, that he
may see good?
Ver. 12. _What man is he that desireth life?_] This is David's
doctrine; and to draw company about him, he proclai...
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DAVID TEACHES TRUE PIETY...
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What man is he that desireth life, prosperity in the best sense of the
word, AND LOVETH MANY DAYS, a long life being considered a special
blessing, THAT HE MAY SEE GOOD? That is, To whom will God show...
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11-22 Let young persons set out in life with learning the fear of the
Lord, if they desire true comfort here, and eternal happiness
hereafter. Those will be most happy who begin the soonest to serve...
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DESIRETH, to wit, seriously and in good earnest, so as to be willing
to use any endeavours which shall be prescribed to him: for otherwise
the question were needless; for there is no man but desires i...
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Psalms 34:12 man H376 desires H2655 life H2416 loves H157 (H8802) days
H3117 see H7200 (H8800) good...
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4). HE POINTS OUT TO THEM THE WAY TO TRUE LIFE (12-14).
Psalms 34:12
M ‘What man is he who desires life,
And loves many days, that he may see good?'
N Keep your tongue from evil,
And your lips fr...
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Psalms 34:11
In the first place, David sums up his advice in one grand affection,
which he calls the fear of the Lord. Then he proceeds to detail what
is comprehended in "the fear of the Lord."
I. No...
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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 of...
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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 relates to a sad scene in David's life when he had t...
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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 knows the Lord
would make that resolve, and keep it a...
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«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 which David does not shine but in which, nevertheles...
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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 doing it and when I do not feel like doing
it: ‘I will...
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CONTENTS: David thankfully records God's goodness and invites the
praise of others.
CHARACTERS: God, David.
CONCLUSION: God's people who share His special favor should concur in
His praises and magn...
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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 as...
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_What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may
see good?_
THE HAPPINESS OF LIFE
Why is it we see man on all sides wearying himself in the effort to
obtain this and that? It can...
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_Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the
Lord._
THE ROOTS OF THE BLESSED LIFE
What man is he that desireth a life that will extract the real
“good” out of things, that wi...
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_O taste and see that the Lord is good._
IMPORTANT EXHORTATION
I. A call to the enjoyment of divine goodness (Psalms 34:8). Two
things are necessary to the enjoyment of this goodness:
1. Freedom fr...
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_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 concentrati...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 34:1. This psalm is an expression of
thanksgiving for God’s protection and care for those who trust in
him. The title connects the psalm to...
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 34:8 The song encourages all who sing it to
FEAR THE LORD (v. Psalms 34:9), that is, to respect, obey, and worship
God
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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 ...
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EXPOSITION
THIS is the third of the alphabetical psalms, and appears to have a
special connection with the second of them, Psalms 25:1. Like that
psalm, it omits the _vav_, and has a second _pe _at th...
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Psa 34:1-22 is a psalm of David when he, it says, "changed his
behavior, before Abimelech." Actually, it is probably the case of when
he had gone down and Abimelech or Achish the king who drove him aw...
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1 Peter 3:10; 1 Peter 3:11; Deuteronomy 30:20; Deuteronomy 6:2;...
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Life — A long and happy life, begun in this world and continued for
ever in the next. Good — In which he may enjoy good, prosperity or
happiness....