Psalm 34
Verse 2Shall boast - Shall glory in this, that I have so powerful and so gracious a master. The humble - The righteous. Verse 3Together - Not in place, for David was now banished from the place of God's publick worship, but in affection: let our souls meet, and let our praises meet in the ears of the all - hearing God. Verse 5Lightened - Comforted and encouraged. Ashamed - They were not disappointed of their hope. Verse 6This man - David. Verse 7The angel - The angels, the singular number being put for the plural. Verse 8O taste - Make trial, of it by your own experience of it. Good - Merciful and gracious. Verse 9Fear - Reverence, serve, and trust him: for fear is commonly put for all the parts of God's worship. Verse 12Life - 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. Verse 13Evil - From all manner of evil speaking, from all injurious, false and deceitful speeches. Verse 14Depart - From all sin. Do good - Be ready to perform all good offices to all men. Seek - Study by all means possible to live peaceable with all men. Pursue it - Do not only embrace it gladly when it is offered, but follow hard after it, when it seems to flee away from thee. Verse 16The face - His anger, which discovers itself in the face. Verse 18Nigh - 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 submissive to his providence. Verse 20Bones - All the parts and members of their bodies.