--- title: "Psalms 34 - Study King James Bible with clarkes commentary" description: "Read Psalms 34 with clarkes commentary commentary. 1 I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. 2 My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear there" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/clarkes-commentary/psalms/34" --- [ Read](/kjv/psalms/34)[ Commentary](/study/psalms/34)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/psalms/34) Audio 1 I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise *shall* continually *be* in my mouth.* 2 My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear *thereof*, and be glad. 3 O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together. 4 I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. 5 They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.* 6 This poor man cried, and the LORD heard *him*, and saved him out of all his troubles. 7 The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them. 8 O taste and see that the LORD *is* good: blessed *is* the man *that* trusteth in him. 9 O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for *there is* no want to them that fear him. 10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good *thing*. 11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD. 12 What man *is he that* desireth life, *and* loveth *many* days, that he may see good? 13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. 14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. 15 The eyes of the LORD *are* upon the righteous, and his ears *are open* unto their cry. 16 The face of the LORD *is* against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. 17 *The righteous* cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. 18 The LORD *is* nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.** 19 Many *are* the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all. 20 He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken. 21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.* 22 The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.* [Psalms 33](/study/psalms/33) [Psalms 35](/study/psalms/35) ## Commentary To verse 1 The *title* states that this is "A Psalm of David, when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech; who drove him away, and he departed." The history of this transaction may be found in [1 Samuel 21:10-15](/kjv/1-samuel/21/10-15), on which chapter see the notes. But *Abimelech* is not the person there mentioned; it was *Achish*, king of Gath, called here *Abimelech*, because that was a common name of the Philistine kings. Neither MS. nor version reads *Achish* in this place; and all the versions agree in the title as it stands in our version, except the *Syriac*, which states it to be "A Psalm of David, when he went to the house of the Lord, that he might give the first-fruits to the priests." Of the *occasion* of this Psalm, as stated here, I have given my opinion in the notes on [1 Samuel 21:10-15](/kjv/1-samuel/21/10-15), to which I have nothing to add. On the whole I prefer the view taken of it by the *Septuagint*, which intimates that "David fell into an epileptic fit; that he frothed at the mouth, fell against the doorposts, and gave such unequivocal evidences of being subject to epileptic fits, and during the time his intellect became so much impaired, that *Achish* *Abimelech* dismissed him from his court." This saves the character of David; and if it cannot be vindicated in this way, then let it fall under reproach as to this thing; for hypocrisy, deceit, and falsehood, can never be right in the sight of God, whatever men may ingeniously say to excuse them. This is the *second* of the *acrostic* or *alphabetical Psalms*, each verse beginning with a consecutive letter of the Hebrew alphabet. But in this Psalm some derangement has taken place. The verse which begins with ו *vau*, and which should come in between the *fifth* and *sixth*, is totally wanting; and the *twenty-second* verse is entirely out of the series; it is, however, my opinion that this verse (the *twenty-second*) which now begins with פ *phe*, פודה podeh, redeemeth, was originally written ופודה *vepodeh* or with פדה *padah*, as more than a hundred of Dr. *Kennicott's* MSS. read it, thus making ופדה *vepodah*, "and will redeem" and this reads admirably in the above connection. I shall here place the verses at one view, and the reader shall judge for himself: Ver. [Psalms 34:5](/kjv/psalms/34/5). "They looked unto him, and were enlightened: and their faces were not ashamed." Ver. [Psalms 34:22](/kjv/psalms/34/22). "AND the Lord will redeem the soul of his servants, and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate." Ver. [Psalms 34:6](/kjv/psalms/34/6). "This poor man cried, and the Lord heard *him*, and saved him out of all his troubles." Ver. [Psalms 34:7](/kjv/psalms/34/7). "The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them." Thus we find the connection complete, with the above emendation. 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