Psalm 34:1-22

Sermon Bible Commentary - Psalms 34:8-9

Psalms 34:8-9 I. "Taste and see how gracious the Lord is." We may do this, it is true, but we may also refuse to do it. It would be a mere waste of words to say, "Taste of pleasure, and see how sweet it is;" but to say, "Taste and see how gracious the Lord is," is a very different thing from saying, "Taste of and enjoy your pleasure," even although it is most true that that pleasure cannot come without God's permission. Those who have tasted Christ's goodness in the strengthening and refreshing... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Psalms 34:11-15

Psalms 34:11-15 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. Notice, first, the details of the prescription. (1) "Keep thy tongue from evil." The tongue is a great mischief-maker, and not easily ruled. The root of this ill-governed member is in the unseen world of the soul; the force which animates and moves the tongue is generated in our spiritual nature.... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Psalms 34:16

Psalms 34:16 I. Consider the lofty and patient method of God in guiding and ruling mankind. The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, not the weight of His hand as yet. His hand is still open, still dropping, broadcast, blessings on our life. It is the face of God which is against our evil. For a while He restrains the might of His terrible hand. II. Notice the forms in which the face of God is against man's evil, and how it bears upon his life. (1) There is the face of God in the... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Psalms 34:18

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 sentence simply repeats the declaration of the former, in order to increase the emphasis and the force, for the "broken heart" is the same as the "contrite spirit," and the Lord being "nigh" is the same as the Lord "saveth." I. Consider the broken heart and contrite spirit. The heart before us may be... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Psalms 34:19-20

Psalms 34:19-20 I. "Great are the troubles of the righteous," and who was ever so righteous as Jesus Christ? No wonder His troubles were so great, for we have all contributed something to them! The Lord hath afflicted Him therewith in the day of His fierce anger against our sins. If those troubles were nothing to us, we might well feel compassion for them; as it is, we may well feel compunction for them too. II. "The Lord delivereth Him out of all." The Pharisees and rulers did not think so; in... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Psalms 34:2-3

DISCOURSE: 550DEVOTION EXEMPLIFIEDPsalms 34:2-3. My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together.A SENSE of gratitude to God for his mercies will ever abide in some measure on the soul of a true believer. But there are special occasions whereon he is so impressed with the Divine goodness, that he feels as if he never could forget it, and as if he would have the whole creation join with him in... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Psalms 34:6

DISCOURSE: 551GRATEFUL RECOLLECTIONSPsalms 34:6. This poor man cried; and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.IT is of great advantage to have transmitted to us the experience of God’s saints; because in them we see exhibited, as it were, before our eyes, what we ourselves are authorized to expect. David, in this psalm, records his deliverance from the hands of Achish, king of Gath; who, there was every reason to fear, would have either put him to death or delivered him... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Psalms 34:8

DISCOURSE: 552EXPERIMENTAL RELIGION ENFORCEDPsalms 34:8. O taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man that trusteth in him.THERE is, in the minds of many, a prejudice against experimental religion, insomuch that the very name of Christian experience is an object of reproach. But, what is repentance, but a sense of sorrow on account of sin? And what is faith, but a resting of the soul on God’s promised mercy in Christ? And what is love, but a going forth of the soul in kindly... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Psalms 34:11-16

DISCOURSE: 553THE FEAR OF GOD INCULCATEDPsalms 34:11-16. 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 see good? Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. Depart from evil, and do good: seek peace, and pursue it. The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry. The face of the Lord is against them that do evil.TO enlighten a dark world, and to... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Psalms 34:18

DISCOURSE: 554THE BROKEN AND CONTRITE IN HEART ENCOURAGEDPsalms 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 favour are very frequently designated by the exalted title of “The righteous:” “The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous:” “Many are the afflictions of the righteous:” “They that hate the righteous shall be desolate [Note: ver. 34:19, 21.].” But, a person of an humble spirit finds it difficult to assume... read more

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