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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 34:18

The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart— God is near to all men: for in him they all live: but he is near to the broken in heart in a peculiar sense, as he is ever ready and always able to help them; as men are much more capable of assisting those whom they value when present with, than when absent from them; from which the form of speech, as applied to God, is taken. Chandler.

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See also Psalms 34:18 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 34:18. _A BROKEN HEART_] נשברי לב _nishberey leb_, the heart _broken_ to _shivers_. _A CONTRITE SPIRIT._] דכאי רוח _dakkeey ruach_, "the beaten-out spirit." In both words the _hammer_ i...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THE LORD IS NIGH UNTO THEM THAT ARE OF A BROKEN HEART - Margin, as in Hebrew: “to the broken of heart.” The phrase, “the Lord is nigh,” means that he is ready to hear and to help. The language is, of...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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 ...

  • 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, your face...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    SPIRIT. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _nigh_&c. Cp. Psalms 119:151; Isaiah 50:8; and the contrast, Psalms 10:1. _The broken in heart_and _crushed in spirit_are those who have been broken down and crushed by sorrow and suffering ...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 554 THE BROKEN AND CONTRITE IN HEART ENCOURAGED Psalms 34:18. _The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit._ THE objects of God’s favo...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _THE LORD IS NIGH UNTO THEM THAT ARE OF A BROKEN HEART; AND SAVETH SUCH AS BE OF A CONTRITE SPIRIT._ The Lord is nigh ... Though He "dwells in the high and holy place," yet He stoops down so as to be...

  • 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 call...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Psalms 34:19]_ קָרֹ֣וב יְ֭הוָה לְ נִשְׁבְּרֵי ־לֵ֑ב...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • 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 dec...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    The LORD [is] nigh unto them that are of a (l) broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. (l) When they seem to be swallowed up with afflictions, then God is at hand to deliver them....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Strong, gravi. Hebrew hatsum, numerous, (1 Machabees i. 1.; Menochius) and "weighty," (Haydock) which is the consequence of great numbers, (Berthier) and of virtue. St. Augustine understands the Chur...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    These are all so many charming additions of the security and blessedness of the people of God, and so plain as to need no comment....

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    Psalms 32 _ Proper Psalm for Ash Wednesday_ (_Morning_). PSALMS 32-34 = _ Day 6_ (_Evening_)....

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    18._Jehovah is nigh to those who are broken of heart. _David here exemplifies and extends still more the preceding doctrine, that God is the deliverer of his people, even when they are brought very lo...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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,...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THE LORD [IS] NIGH UNTO THEM THAT ARE OF A BROKEN HEART,.... Who are pressed and bore down with afflictions, by the sorrow of heart under which their spirits are broken, Proverbs 15:13; or with a sens...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    The LORD [is] nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. Ver. 18. _The Lord is nigh unto them, &c._] More nigh than the bark is to the tree, for he is with...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart_ Ready to hear and succour them; though, by the course of his providence toward them, he may sometimes seem to themselves and others to stand afa...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    DAVID TEACHES TRUE PIETY...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, whose self-righteousness and selfishness have been broken at the root by the thunderbolt of the Law; AND SAVETH SUCH AS BE OF A CONTRITE SPIRIT,...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    UNTO THEM THAT ARE OF A BROKEN HEART: _ Heb._ to the broken of heart OF A CONTRITE SPIRIT: _ Heb._ contrite of spirit...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    NIGH; ready to hear and succour them; though by the severe course of his providence towards them he seems to themselves and others to stand afar off, as David complains, PSALMS 10:1. SUCH AS BE OF A C...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 34:18 LORD H3068 near H7138 broken H7665 (H8737) heart H3820 saves H3467 (H8686) contrite H1793 spirit...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    5). HE STRESSES YHWH'S DEEP CONCERN FOR HIS OWN AND HIS DEEP HATRED OF EVIL (15-20). Psalms 34:15 GH ‘The eyes of YHWH are towards the righteous, And his ears are open to their cry. P The face of...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Psalms 34:18 One idea is embodied in these two sentences. According to a very common construction in the book of Psalms and in the book of Proverbs, and in other books of Holy Scripture, the latter se...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    «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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • 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 as...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken ,heart: and sayeth such as be of a contrite spirit._ THE BROKEN HEART AND ITS DIVINE RESTORER The Lord is nigh. Now to be nigh to one object is to be...

  • 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 concentrati...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 34:15 The final section describes how the Lord cares for his faithful. It also shows the difference between the way God treats the faithful and the wicked. Both the RIGHTEOUS and...

  • The 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 ...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Kings 22:19; Ezekiel 36:26; Ezekiel 36:31; Isaiah 55:6; Isaiah 57:

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Nigh — Ready to hear and succour them. To — Those whose spirits are truly humbled under the hand of God, and the sense of their sins, whose hearts are subdued, and made obedient to God's will and subm...

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