psalm-34:8

Sermon Bible Commentary - Psalms 34:8

Psalms 34:8 Religion is a thing that all must try for themselves. Notice a few things that it is well to try and "taste." I. Prayer. Find out in the Bible some promise, then go to God with that promise, and ask that it may be true to you, that you may enjoy it for Christ's sake. If you go on waiting and praying, you will "see." II. Read the Bible. You may not always find it pleasant, because some things we must do as a duty, and the pleasure will follow. "O taste and see." III. The pleasantest... read more

William Nicoll

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

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

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Psalms 34:1-22

Psalms 34:1-22 Psalms 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 away and departed. Now David, when he was fleeing from Saul, Saul was trying to kill him, he fled into the land of the Philistines and he was brought to the Philistine king, Achish. And suddenly David thought, "Hey, here I am, and the Philistines hate me," because he had killed... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 34:1-22

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 ask for his blood. This may represent a sinner pursued by death, or the sword. While among the Philistines, the men of the world, they take counsel to destroy him. He has no friend, no deliverer but the Lord. Faith and prayer are his only resources, and the Lord who saved David from the hands of... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 34:1-22

Psalms 34:1-22I will bless the Lord at all times: His praise shall continually be in my mouth.A devout hymnI. an exemplification of true praise.1. It is thorough.(1) There is no praise without concentration of soul.(2) Distracting forces are rife.2. It is constant.(1) In every department of action--intellectual, artistic, commercial, political.(2) In every circumstance of life--sorrow, joy, adversity, prosperity, bereavement, friendship.3. It is exultant. God is the sum total of all excellence,... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 34:8-14

Psalms 34:8-14O taste and see that the Lord is good. Important exhortationI. A call to the enjoyment of divine goodness (Psalms 34:8). Two things are necessary to the enjoyment of this goodness:1. Freedom from a sense of guilt.2. A sense of true gratitude.(1) Enjoying God’s goodness involves trust in Him.(2) Trust in Him ensures true blessedness.II. A call to higher religious experience (Psalms 34:9-10). We are to follow on to know the Lord, to forget “the things that are behind, and press on... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 34:8

Psa 34:8 O taste and see that the LORD [is] good: blessed [is] the man [that] trusteth in him. Ver. 8. O taste and see, &c. ] viz. With the mouth of your mind, and with the eyes of your faith perceive, and experiment the goodness of God in choosing and using such instruments as the angels, and otherwise, in the manifold expressions of his love to us; wherein if we take not comfort the fault is merely in ourselves; we being like him who hath pleasant and nourishing meat, but will not make... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Psalms 34:8

taste: Psalms 63:5, Psalms 119:103, Song of Solomon 2:3, Song of Solomon 5:1, Hebrews 6:4, Hebrews 6:5, 1 Peter 2:2, 1 Peter 2:3, 1 John 1:1-Leviticus : Lord: Psalms 36:7, Psalms 36:10, Psalms 52:1, Jeremiah 31:14, Zechariah 9:17, 1 John 4:7-2 Samuel : blessed: Psalms 2:12, Psalms 84:12 Reciprocal: Exodus 3:8 - I am Numbers 10:29 - come 2 Samuel 17:29 - to eat Psalms 1:1 - Blessed Psalms 25:2 - O Psalms 32:10 - but Psalms 40:4 - Blessed Proverbs 16:20 - whoso Isaiah 30:18 - blessed Jeremiah... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Psalms 34:8

O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.O taste — Make trial, of it by your own experience of it.Good — Merciful and gracious. read more