Psalms 34

The AIT Bible

0Of David, when he changed his behavior before Abimelech, so that he drove him out, and he went away.

Taste and See That Yahweh Is Good

1I will bless Yahweh at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

2In Yahweh my soul makes its boast; let the humble hear and rejoice.

3Magnify Yahweh with me, and let us exalt his name together.

4I sought Yahweh, and he answered me; and from all my terrors he delivered me.

5They looked to him and were radiant, and their faces will never be ashamed.

6This afflicted one called out, and Yahweh heard, and from all his troubles he saved him.

7The angel of Yahweh encamps around those who fear him, and he rescues them.

8Taste and see that Yahweh is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.

9Fear Yahweh, you his holy ones, for those who fear him have no lack.

10Young lions grow poor and hungry, but those who seek Yahweh lack no good thing.

11Come, children, listen to me; the fear of Yahweh I will teach you.

12Who is the man who desires life, who loves days, to see good?

13Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.

14Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

15The eyes of Yahweh are toward the righteous, and his ears toward their cry for help.

16The face of Yahweh is against those who do evil, to cut off their memory from the earth.

17They cried out, and Yahweh heard, and from all their troubles he delivered them.

18Yahweh is near to the brokenhearted, and those crushed in spirit he saves.

19Many are the troubles of the righteous, but from them all Yahweh delivers him.

20He keeps all his bones; not one of them is broken.

21Evil will slay the wicked, and those who hate the righteous will bear guilt.

22Yahweh redeems the soul of his servants, and none who take refuge in him will bear guilt.

Where this passage connects across Scripture — each link typed and reasoned, part of the AIT Bible Nexus Chart.

quotation 1 Peter 2:3 — 1 Peter cites this verse: 'if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.'
echoed in 1 Peter 2:1 — Echoes 'taste and see that the LORD is good,' applied here to believers who have tasted the Lord.
echoed in Acts 12:6 — The affirmation that the Lord sent his angel to rescue echoes the psalm's claim that the angel of the Lord delivers those who fear him.
thematic 2 Kings 6:8 — Both depict God's angelic host encamped around and protecting his servant.
thematic Daniel 3:28 — God sends his angel to deliver those who trust and fear him, the same motif of angelic rescue of the faithful.
thematic Psalms 91:11 — Both describe angelic protection surrounding those who trust in Yahweh.

quotation 1 Peter 3:10 — 1 Peter quotes this passage nearly verbatim on desiring life, keeping the tongue from evil, and Yahweh's eyes on the righteous.
quoted by 1 Peter 3:8 — Direct quotation of Psalm 34 on keeping the tongue from evil and the eyes of the Lord on the righteous.
fulfillment John 19:36 — John presents 'not one of his bones will be broken' as fulfilled at Jesus' crucifixion.
fulfilled in John 19:31 — The unbroken-bone Scripture also echoes Ps 34:20 about the righteous one whose bones are kept.
allusion Exodus 12:46 — Shares the distinctive command that no bone of the Passover lamb be broken.
echoed in Isaiah 57:14 — Both declare that God is near to and revives the crushed/broken and lowly of spirit.
echoed in Psalms 33:12 — Shared image of the eye of Yahweh upon those who fear/revere him.
thematic Ezra 8:21 — Ezra's confession that God's hand is for good over those who seek him but against those who forsake him restates the psalm's teaching that God favors the righteous and opposes evildoers.
thematic Psalms 51:17 — Both affirm God's nearness to and acceptance of the contrite, broken spirit.