Psalm 34 – Daily Bread From the Psalms

Daily Bread:
Thoughts & Prayers from the Psalms

~ Psalm 34 ~

Are you afflicted?  Poor in spirit?  Troubled?
Take heart!  The eyes of the LORD are on you!
Come with me and let’s “taste and see” just how GOOD the Lord is!
This is David’s exhortation to all who would sing this Psalm along with him.
Psalm 34 was written by David when he was in quite a bind.  Saul wanted to kill him, and David was on the run.  He escaped and hid where no one would ever think to look.  What is the least likely place you could think of for David to go?  Yep.  He was hanging with the Philistines.  Remember the whole David and Goliath thing?  Yeah…evidently the Philistines did too.   Crazy, right ?!?!

Exactly!
This Psalm was either written during, or about, the time when David pretended to be insane and hid out in the Philistine camp.  WOW!  One thing we can count on with David though, is that he’s going to be keeping things REAL!  I mean minus the whole insane act 😀
In this Psalm, David is like the ultimate cheerleader, exhorting us ALL to turn to God TOGETHER, in the midst of our impossible situations.  He highlights the times he’s called out to the LORD, and how God has not once failed him, or put him to shame (when he’s trusted in, and taken refuge in Him)!
“My soul will BOAST in the LORD;   let the AFFLICTED hear and rejoice.  Glorify the LORD with me;  let us EXALT His name TOGETHER.”  -Psalm 34:2-3

LORD, I shout your praise!
Who will exalt You with me?

I was poor,
I called to You
and You RESCUED me!
I was afraid
and You DELIVERED me!

Are any of you afflicted?
Hear this good news 
and REJOICE!

TOGETHER
let us
TASTE & SEE.
LORD!
You are so GOOD !

We call to you
We seek your face.

You HEAR us
You come close
when we are brokenhearted
You SAVE us
when we are crushed in spirit.

EXALT Him with me !
Let us MAGNIFY His name
TOGETHER!

LORD
I looked everywhere for You
and You answered me
and You delivered me.

You SEE and HEAR us
Your eyes are on all the RIGHTEOUS
and Your ears are attentive
to our cries.

Fellow servants of the LORD
TASTE & SEE
with me
The LORD is SO GOOD !

LORD 
You are so good!

Our souls BOAST in You!
We EXALT You !
And we MAGNIFY Your name
TOGETHER!

Our refuge is always in You!

You can read (or listen) to Psalm 34.    HERE

~Praying Psalm 35 is next!

~Praying the Psalms Table of Contents~

–Psalm 1
–Psalm 2 & 3
–Psalm 4
–Psalm 5
–Psalm 6 & 7
–Psalm 8
–Psalm 9
–Psalm 10
–Psalm 11
–Psalm 12
–Psalm 13
–Psalm 14
–Psalm 15
–Psalm 16
–Psalm 17
–Psalm 18
–Psalm 19
–Psalm 20
–Psalm 21
–Psalm 22
–Psalm 23
–Psalm 24
–Psalm 25
–Psalm 26
–Psalm 27
–Psalm 28
–Psalm 29
–Psalm 30
–Psalm 31
–Psalm 32
–Psalm 33
–Psalm 34
–Psalm 35
–Psalm 36