Psalms 34

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Psalm 34 is a psalm of thanks written, its heading says, after one of the least dignified escapes in David's life, when he feigned madness before a Philistine king to get away. Out of that comes an alphabet poem of praise and teaching: God answers those who seek him, his angel encamps around those who fear him, he is near to the brokenhearted, and the way to a good life is to keep your tongue from evil and pursue peace. "Taste and see that the LORD is good" is its invitation.

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Psalm 34 comes with an unusual backstory. The heading sends the reader to the day David, on the run from Saul, found himself in enemy territory and got out alive by drooling on his beard and scratching at the gate like a madman. It is not the kind of deliverance anyone boasts about. That may be why the psalm is so free of self-congratulation. "This poor man called out, and the LORD heard him." Everything good in the chapter is attributed to a God who hears, answers, encamps, delivers, and stays near. The psalm works through the alphabet, and halfway through it changes register from praise to teaching: "Come, children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD." What follows is one of the Bible's simplest descriptions of a good life, which Peter later copied out for the churches: guard your tongue, turn from evil, do good, seek peace and pursue it. Then the psalm returns to testimony, and here it is at its most honest. The righteous have many afflictions. God does not spare them trouble; he is near to the brokenhearted and delivers them through it. "Taste and see that the LORD is good" is the psalm's invitation, and David, who had tasted both the goodness and the trouble, is a credible host.

핵심 본문

1 Peter 3:10-12 John 19:36

Historical and literary context

The heading points to the episode in 1 Samuel 21, where David, fleeing Saul, ended up in the Philistine city of Gath and saved his life by pretending to be insane. The psalm calls the king Abimelech, likely a Philistine royal title, where Samuel gives his name as Achish. David's deliverance came through his own humiliation, and the psalm that celebrates it says nothing about cleverness and everything about a God who hears the poor man's cry. Psalm 34 is an acrostic, like Psalms 25 and 37, and reads as wisdom instruction as much as praise.

How the chapter unfolds

Verses 1 to 3 vow praise and invite the oppressed to join. Verses 4 to 10 testify: I sought, he answered; this poor man called, the LORD heard; the angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him; taste and see. Verse 11 turns to teaching, "Come, children, listen to me," and verses 12 to 16 give the recipe for good days: guard your speech, turn from evil, do good, seek peace. Verses 17 to 22 return to testimony about the righteous who cry out and are delivered, the brokenhearted whom God is near, the many afflictions from which he rescues, and the bones he keeps unbroken.

Why this chapter matters

Peter quotes this psalm twice in his first letter: "taste and see" in chapter 2 and the whole teaching section, verses 12 to 16, in chapter 3, applying David's instruction directly to Christians under pressure. John's Gospel reads verse 20, "not one of them will be broken," as fulfilled when the soldiers did not break Jesus's legs on the cross. Verse 18, "The LORD is near to the brokenhearted," is among the most quoted lines in the Bible for grief. The psalm also gives one of Scripture's clearest statements that the righteous life is not trouble-free: "Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all."

Interpretive tension to watch

The psalm promises that those who seek the LORD "lack no good thing" and that he delivers the righteous from all their troubles, yet it was written by a fugitive and quoted by an apostle to suffering churches. Is the promise about outcomes, about the presence of God within trouble, or about the end of the story? Reading verse 19 with verse 18 keeps the tension in view: affliction is many, nearness is constant, deliverance is sure.

이 장을 위한 질문

David wrote this after saving his life by playing the fool. What does it mean that his thanksgiving credits God rather than his own quick thinking?
The psalm's recipe for good days begins with the tongue (verse 13). Why might speech come first?
Verse 18 says the LORD is near to the brokenhearted. When have you experienced nearness rather than removal of the trouble?

Study with context

Use this as a chapter guide, then press deeper into the text itself. The goal is to slow down observation, notice structure, and ask better questions before jumping to conclusions.

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1 (다윗이 아비멜렉 앞에서 미친체하다가 쫓겨나서 지은 시) 내가 여호와를 항상 송축함이여, 그를 송축함이 내 입에 계속하리로다 2 내 영혼이 여호와로 자랑하리니 곤고한 자가 이를 듣고 기뻐하리로다 3 나와 함께 여호와를 광대하시다 하며 함께 그 이름을 높이세 4 내가 여호와께 구하매 내게 응답하시고 내 모든 두려움에서 나를 건지셨도다 5 저희가 주를 앙망하고 광채를 입었으니 그 얼굴이 영영히 부끄럽지 아니하리로다 6 이 곤고한 자가 부르짖으매 여호와께서 들으시고 그 모든 환난에서 구원하셨도다 7 여호와의 사자가 주를 경외하는 자를 둘러 진치고 저희를 건지시는도다 8 너희는 여호와의 선하심을 맛보아 알지어다 ! 그에게 피하는 자는 복이 있도다 9 너희 성도들아 여호와를 경외하라 ! 저를 경외하는 자에게는 부족함이 없도다 10 젊은 사자는 궁핍하여 주릴지라도 여호와를 찾는 자는 모든 좋은 것에 부족함이 없으리로다 11 너희 소자들아 와서 내게 들으라 내가 여호와를 경외함을 너희에게 가르치리로다 12 생명을 사모하고 장수하여 복 받기를 원하는 사람이 누구뇨 13 네 혀를 악에서 금하며 네 입술을 궤사한 말에서 금할지어다 14 악을 버리고 선을 행하며 화평을 찾아 따를지어다 15 여호와의 눈은 의인을 향하시고 그 귀는 저희 부르짖음에 기울이시는도다 16 여호와의 얼굴은 행악하는 자를 대하사 저희의 자취를 땅에서 끊으려 하시는도다 17 의인이 외치매 여호와께서 들으시고 저희의 모든 환난에서 건지셨도다 18 여호와는 마음이 상한 자에게 가까이 하시고 중심에 통회하는 자를 구원하시는도다 19 의인은 고난이 많으나 여호와께서 그 모든 고난에서 건지시는도다 20 그 모든 뼈를 보호하심이여 그 중에 하나도 꺽이지 아니하도다 21 악이 악인을 죽일 것이라 의인을 미워하는 자는 죄를 받으리로다 22 여호와께서 그 종들의 영혼을 구속하시나니 저에게 피하는 자는 다 죄를 받지 아니하리로다

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