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The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 34:10

Psalms 34:10The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger; but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.Lions lacking, but the children satisfiedI. A short but beautiful description of a true Christian. He is one that seeks the Lord. This description of a Christian is invariably correct. It the promise set forth by way of contrast. “They shall not want any good thing.” “The young lions do lack and suffer hunger;” that is the foil to set off the jewel and make it shine more brightly.... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 34:11-14

Psalms 34:11-14Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord.The roots of the blessed lifeWhat man is he that desireth a life that will extract the real “good” out of things, that will gather the honey in the hidden places, that will discover the essences in experiences, and get the marrow out of trifling and apparently inconsiderable events’? That is the modern statement of the problem. In what can we find the life of blessedness, full, spacious and refined?I. the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 34:12

Psalms 34:12What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?The happiness of lifeWhy is it we see man on all sides wearying himself in the effort to obtain this and that? It can only be because they imagine that these things will make them happy. But will they? Not so. Most men are hewing out cisterns, broken cisterns, which will field no water. The sad thing is, that men never seem to realize the accumulated experience of others. How many a man has made a lifelong... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 34:15-16

Psalms 34:15-16The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and His ears are open unto their prayers.The countenance of the Lord is against them that do evil. The eye of GodWe all know well how much and often the Holy Scriptures speak of the blessed God, attributing to Him, under a figure, various human things, such as bodily members and organs, and mental feelings. It is an obvious caution, to warn people against understanding all these expressions literally; but it is a caution, one would... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 34:9

Psa 34:9 O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for [there is] no want to them that fear him. Ver. 9. O fear the Lord, ye his saints ] Ye that, having tasted of God’s sweetness, are separated from the world with its lusts, and can live with a little αγιοι quasi αγειοι , fear the Lord, and then you shall not need to fear want of anything; for he is all-sufficient to those who are altogether his, and withdraw not from him by mistrust or misdoing. For there is no want to them that fear him ] Habent... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 34:10

Psa 34:10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good [thing]. Ver. 10. The young lions do lack and suffer hunger ] And yet they will have it, if it is to be had. Haec est sceleratorum imago, saith Beza. Lionlike wicked oppressors, rich cormorants, as the Septuagint render it, who live on the spoil of poor people, and are never satisfied, do yet perish with famine, as Eliphaz saith of the old lion, Job 4:11 ; and come oft to great poverty,... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 34:11

Psa 34:11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD. Ver. 11. Come, ye children, hearken unto me ] Ye that are little and low in your own eyes, as seeing your want of holy learning. I will teach you the fear of the Lord ] That best trade, whereby you shall be sure to be kept from want; for by humility and the fear of the Lord are riches, and honour, and life, Proverbs 22:4 . He, then, who shall teach this fear should be honoured, and respected as a father. The... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 34:12

Psa 34:12 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 proclaimeth and promiseth that which he well knew every man coveteth, happy life, many days, and a comfortable enjoyment of all. Now, who is it that would have these? saith he. Austin bringeth in all sorts, saying, Ego et ego, I would, and I would. But as all men desire health, but few take a... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 34:13

Psa 34:13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. Ver. 13. Keep thy tongue from evil, &c. ] This is a hard saying, think the most; who will therefore rather venture it than yield to be so tied up. The tongue is an unruly member, and can hardly be hampered. But who would not temper his tongue, and bind it to the good abearance, for true blessedness? Who would not rather bite it off, and spit it out (as that ancient martyr did his, into the face of the tyrant, who... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 34:14

Psa 34:14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. Ver. 14. Depart from evil, and do good ] For negative goodness helpeth not. A man must so abstain from evil as that he do good, or he doth nothing. It is said of Ithacius, that the hatred of the Priscillian heresy was the best that could be said of him; this was but a slender commendation. Seek peace and pursue it ] As hunters do the prey. If it fly from thee, make after it; it will pay thee for thy pains. It is said of... read more

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 34:10

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 34:11-14

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 34:12

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 34:15-16

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 34:9

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 34:10

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 34:11

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 34:12

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 34:13

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 34:14

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