Psalm 34

Psalm 34

Versículo 1. Eu abençoarei o Senhor em todos os momentos. Ele está resolved and fixed, I will; he is personally and determined by himself, let others be as they can; he is intelligent in mind and inflamed with heart - he knows to whom the praise is due, and what is due, and for what and when. For Jehovah, and not for the secondary causes, our gratitude must be provided. The Lord has the right to a monopoly over His creatures praise. Even when a mercy can remind us of our sin in relation to him, as in this case the liberation of David from the Philistine monarch It was certain, we must not steal from God his honored because our consciousness rightly grants a censorship to our sharing in transaction. Although the hook was rusty, God sent the fish and we we thank you for that. At all times, in all situations, under all the circumstances, before, during, and after the trials, in days brilliant with joy and dark nights of fear. He would never have praised, because he never realized that he had done enough; always feeling that he it fell short of the Lord's merits. Blessed is he whose fingers are bound to his harp. He who praises God for His mercies never You will desire a mercy for which to praise. Blessing the Lord is never out of place. of the time. His praise will be continually in my mouth, not in my heart only, but in my mouth as well. Our gratitude is not to be a stupid thing; it should be one of the daughters of music. Our language is ours. glory and must reveal the glory of God. What a blessed blessing is the praise of God! How sweet, how purifying, how fragrant! If the mouths of if men were always so full, there would be no regret against God or slander from neighbors. If we continuously rolled this piece delicate under our language, the bitterness of daily affliction would be swallowed by joy. God deserves the blessing with the heart and rejoices with the mouth - good thoughts in the closet and good words in the world.

Verse 2

My soul must boast in the Lord. To rejoice is a very natural propensity, and if it was used as in this case, more was surrendered better. The exultation of this verse is not mere vanity, "the soul" is Nela, ostentation is done and felt before being expressed. What scope is there for the ostentation in Jehovah! His person, attributes, covenants, promises, works and a thousand things beyond that, are all incomparable, unmatched, incomparable; we can cry over them as we wish, but we will never be condemned for speaking in vain and empty when doing so. Truly, the one who these words of comment have nothing to boast about, but a lot to regret, and yet no one should stop him from boasting in God while living. The humble will hear and rejoice. They usually do. they are saddened to hear boastings; they turn away from vanities and speeches grandiose, but boasting in the Lord is another matter; for this reason the most the humble are comforted and encouraged. The confident expressions of believers the experienced are a rich solace for their less experienced brothers.

We should speak of the Lord's goodness intentionally so that others may be confirmed in your faith in a faithful God.

Verse 3

O magnificent Lord with me. This request is directed to the humble? If so, it is more appropriate. Who can make God great, but those who feel small? He invites them to help him grow the the fame of the Lord among the children of men. Jehovah is infinite and, therefore, does not it can really be increased, but its name grows in manifest glory when he is made known to his creatures, and so it is said that he is enlarged. It is good when the soul feels its own inability to to glorify the Lord appropriately and, therefore, encourages others to funny work; this is good both for the man himself and for his companions. No compliment can surpass what leaves us prostrated under the sense of our own nothingness, while divine grace as a topless Alp rises before our eyes and sinks us deeper and deeper in holy fear. Let us exalt His name together. Social, the gathered worship is the consequence of one of the natural instincts of the new life. In the sky is enjoyed to the fullest, and the earth is like the sky where it is abundant.

Verse 4

I sought the Lord, and he heard me. It must have been in a way very confused that David prayed, and there must have been a lot of self-sufficiency in his prayer, or he would not have resorted to such questionable methods of morality how much pretending to be crazy and behaving like a lunatic; however, your poor lame prayer had an acceptance and brought him help: more reason to Then celebrate the abundant mercy of the Lord. We can seek God. even when we sin. If sin could block the merciseat, everything It would end with us, but the mercy is that there are gifts even for the rebels. and a defender of men who sin. And He set me free from all my fears. God does a perfect job of this. He eliminates our fears and their causes, everyone without exception. Glory to your name, prayer sweeps the field, kills all the enemies and even buries their bones.

Note the selfishness of this verse and those that precede it; we do not need to to be ashamed to talk about ourselves when, in doing so, we aim to honestly glorify God and not exalt ourselves. Some are insensitively scrupulous on this point, but they must remember that, when modesty robs God, it is more immodest.

They looked at him and were illuminated. The psalmist declares that his case does not it was quite peculiar, it was reflected in the lives of all the faithful; They also, each of them looking at their Lord, were illuminated, their faces began to shine, their spirits were uplifted. What a way of to bless a look to the Lord it can be! There is life, light, freedom, love, everything indeed, in a glance at the Crucified. Never a painful heart sought in vain the good doctor; Never did a dying soul turn its eye for the bronze serpent to discover that its virtue has gone. And its faces they were not ashamed. Their faces were covered with joy, but not with the blushes. He who trusts in God need not be ashamed. of your trust, time and eternity will justify your trust.

Verse 6

This poor man wept. Here he returns to his own case. He was really poor and so completely without friends that his life was in great danger; but he cried in his heart to the protector of his people and found relief. His prayer was a cry, for brevity and bitterness, for sincerity and simplicity, due to lack of sincerity and sadness; it was a cry of poor man, but he was no less powerful than heaven, because the Lord him to hear and to be heard by God is to be freed; and thus it is added that the The Lord saved him from all his troubles. Once and for all, David was completely free from all its misfortunes. The Lord sweeps our afflictions while men destroy a wasp nest, or when the winds clear the mists. Prayer can clarify the problems we caused so much. easily as the Lord made the reins of the frogs and flies of Egypt when Moses invited him. This verse is the very personal testimony of the psalmist: he is dead yet speaks. Let the reader feel anxious, gather courage, and be good cheer up.

Verse 7

The angel of the Lord. The angel of the covenant, the Lord Jesus, at the front of all the links of the heavens involve your army in the abodes of the saints. As entrenched hosts, thus are the ministering spirits encamped in return of the chosen of the Lord, to serve and assist, to defend them and to comfort them. They camp around those who fear Him. From all sides, the the clock is kept by sleepless-eyed warriors, and the captain of the army is someone whose prowess no one can resist. And frees them. We know little how many providential deliverances we owe to those invisible hands that are charged with sustaining us, so that we do not crash our foot against a stone.

Verse 8

The taste and see. Make a trial, an inner experimentation of the goodness of God. You cannot see except by experiencing it for yourself; but if you will try, you will see, that is why, like the honey of Jonathan, it illuminates the eyes. May the The Lord is good. You can only truly and personally know this by experience. There is the feast with its oxen and fatted calves; its fats full of marrow and wine in the finely refined lees; but its sweetness will be all unknown to you, unless you have the blessings of grace, by the means of a vital, internal and vital participation in them. Blessed is man who trusts in him. Faith is the taste of the soul; Those who test the Lord for their trust they always find him good, and they themselves become blessed. The second clause of the verse is the argument in support of exhortation contained in the first sentence.

9. Fear the Lord, you His saints. Pay Him humble, childlike reverence, walk in your laws, respect your will, tremble to offend him, hurry to serveBehold. Do not fear the wrath of men, nor be tempted to sin by the virulence of your threats; fear God and fear nothing else. For there is no need for those who fear him. Jehovah will not allow his faithful servants to die of hunger. It may not provide luxuries, but the promise compels it to meet needs, and he will not go back on his word. Many whims and desires may not be fulfilled, but the real desires that the Lord will provide. The fear of the Lord true compassion is not just the duty of those who consider themselves saints, that is, people set apart and consecrated for sacred duties, but it is also your path of safety and comfort. Piety has the promise of life that is now. If we died like dogs, and there were no other, still Thus it would be good for our own happiness to fear the Lord. Men they seek a patron and hope to prosper; he certainly prospers who has the Lord of Hosts to be your friend and defender.

Verse 10

The young lions lack and suffer hunger. They are fierce, cunning, strong, in all the vigor of youth, and yet sometimes howl in their voracious hunger, and yet shrewd, creative, and oppressive men, with all their sagacity and unscrupulousness often lead them to desire; believers still simple ones, who do not dare to act like the greedy lions of the earth, are fed with convenient food for them. Trusting in God is better politics of what the most skilled politicians can teach or practice. But Those who seek the Lord do not want anything good. Not a thing. really good must be denied to those whose first and main objective in life is to seek the Lord. Men may call them fools, but the Lord will prove wise. They will win where the wise of the world lose everything, and God will have the glory for this.

Verse 11

Come, you children. Although a warrior and a king, the psalmist does not was ashamed to teach children. The youth teachers belong to the true nobility; your work is honorable and your reward will be glorious.

Perhaps the boys and girls of Gath had mocked David in his apparent madness, and if so, he intends to teach the rising race to undo the harm he had done in the past. Children are the people more hopeful to teach - wise men who wish to propagate their the principles take care to gain the attention of young people. Listen to me: I will to teach him the fear of the Lord. How far they can be taught by word in mouth, or learned by hearing with the ear, we must communicate the faith and the fear of God, instilling in the new generation the principles and practices of mercy. This verse can be the address of every teacher in the school sabbatical for your class, from all parents to their children. It is not without instruction in the art of teaching. We must be victorious and attractive to the young people, offering them to "enjoy" and not repelling them with severe terms.

We must take them out, in addition to toys and sports, and try to occupy their minds. with better activities; because we cannot teach them while their minds are full of other things. We must always drive at the point principal always keep the fear of the Lord in our teachings and, to by doing so, we can discreetly launch our own personality on the scale, narrating our own experiences and convictions.

Verse 12

A life lived in happiness is the desire of all, and he who Being happy deserves to be popular. between them. Mere existence is not life; the art of living, truly, Truly and with joy, it is not given to all men to know.

Teaching men to live and to die is the objective of all religious instruction useful. The rewards of virtue are the baits with which young people must be attracted to morality. While we teach piety to God, we must also insist a lot on morality towards man.

Verse 13

Keep your tongue from evil. Guard with diligent diligence. that dangerous member, the tongue, so that it does not profess evil, for evil it will fall upon you and spoil the joy of your life. Men cannot spit poison without feeling a little of the poison burning your own flesh. And the your lips speak of malice. Deception must be sincerely avoided. by the man who desires happiness. A clever engineer lives like a spy in enemy territory, constantly fearing exposure and execution.

Clean and honest conversation, maintaining a free conscience, promotes the happiness, but the lying and wicked conversation surrounds our pillow with thorns and turns life into a constant whirlwind of fear and shame.

David had tried the tortuous politics, but he denounces it here, and pleads to others that they would live long and well to carefully avoid the doubtful devices of cunning.

Verse 14

Part from evil. Go away. Not only take your hands off, but you likewise. Live not near the pest house. Avoid the lion's den, leave the viper's nest. Set a distance between you and temptation. And do well.

Be practical, active, energetic, and persevering in doing good. The positive virtue. promotes a negative virtue; He who does good is certainly to avoid evil.

Seek peace. Not just to prefer it, but to strive for it with care and diligence. promote him. Peace with God, with your own heart, with your neighbor, seek after this like the merchant after a precious pearl. Nothing can promote our own happiness more effectively than peace; conflict awakens passions that eat away at the heart with corrosive power. Anger is a murder for yourself, just as for your objects. And proceed. Hunt Then, chase with anxious desire. It can soon get lost, in fact, nothing is more difficult to retain, but do your best, and if enmity arises, do not let it be your fault. Follow after peace when it avoids you; be determined not to be of contentious spirit. The peace you thus promote will be returned to your a true sanctuary, and it will be an eternal source of comfort for you.

15. The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous. He watches them with approval and tender consideration; they are so dear to him that he cannot take them off their eyes; He watches each of them carefully and attentively, as if if there were only one creature in the universe. Its ears are open to your clamor. His eyes and ears are thus both turned by the Lord to your saints; your whole mind is occupied with them: if despised by all the others, they are not neglected by him. He hears their cry immediately, even when a mother is sure she hears her baby sick; the scream can be broken, melancholic, unhappy, weak, incredulous, but the quick ear of the Father captures every note of lament or appeal, and he does not delays in responding to the voices of your children.

16. The face of the Lord is against those who do evil. God is not indifferent. to the deeds of sinners, but he turns his face against them, as we say, being determined that they will have no semblance and support, but will be frustrated and defeated. He is determined to resolve that the wicked do not it will prosper; he puts all his strength into bringing them down. To cut the memory of them from the land. He will extinguish their fires, their honor will be transformed.

In shame, your names will be forgotten or cursed. Total destruction. it will be the fate of all the wicked.

Verse 17

The righteous cry out. Like Israel in Egypt, they call out under the heavy juice of oppression, both of sin and temptation, of care and of suffering. And the Lord listens; he is like the night watchman, who barely hears the alarm of what flies to relieve those who need it. And frees them from all the your anguish. No web of problems can hold us back that the Lord cannot free us. Our afflictions may be numerous and complicated, but prayer can free us from all of them, for the Lord will show Himself strong in our name.

Verse 18

The Lord is near to those who have a broken heart. Near of friendship to accept and console. Broken hearts think of God far away, when he is really closer to them; his eyes are closed so that they do not see your best friend. In fact, he is with them and in them, but they don't know this. They run back and forth, seeking peace in their own works, or in experiences, or in proposals and resolutions, while the The Lord is near to them, and the simple act of faith will reveal Him. And He saves those who they are contrite in spirit. Blessed is the heart for good repentant and regretful! Only when the sinner condemns himself, the Lord graciously or absolves. If we punish our own spirits, the The Lord will spare us. He never breaks the rod of judgment those who they are already wounded by the rod of conviction. Salvation is linked to contrition.

19. Many are the afflictions of the righteous. Thus they are made like Jesus their leader. of the alliance. The Scriptures do not flatter us like history books with the idea that kindness will protect us from problems; on the contrary, we are repeatedly warned to expect tribulation while we are in this body.

Our afflictions come from all points of the compass and are so many and so as tormentors as the mosquitoes of the tropics. It is the earthly portion of elected to find thorns and brambles growing in their path, yes, to lie down among them, finding their rest broken and disturbed by sadness.

BUT, blessed, but how does the sting come out of the previous sentence! But the Lord deliver him from all of them. Through troops of evils, Jehovah will lead his... remidos sem provas e triunfantes. Há um fim para a aflição do crente,e um happy ending too. None of your trials can hurt as much as a strand of hair from your head, nor can the furnace hold it for a a moment later when the Lord commands him to leave it. It would be difficult for the lot two justs, if this promise, like a camouflage package, were not linked to it, but this sweetens everyone. The same Lord who sends the afflictions it will also remind you when his design is fulfilled, but it never will allow the most ferocious to tear and devour his beloved. But he never will allow the fiercest of them to tear and devour his beloved. but he never will allow the fiercest of them to tear apart and devour your beloved.

20. He keeps all his bones; none of them is broken. David had came out with kicks and punches, but without broken bones. No injuries Substantial happens to the saints. Eternity will heal all their wounds.

Your true self is safe; they may have wounds of the flesh, but none part of the essential fabric of your being will be broken. This verse may be refer to the frequent divine protections granted to the saints; but As good men had broken limbs, just like others did not. can be applied absolutely to bodily preservations; but should, it seems to me, be spiritually applied to the great damage of the soul, which are always avoided by divine love. No bone of the mystical body of Christ will be broken, just as his corporeal body was kept intact.

Divine love cares for every believer, as it did for Jesus; no injury fatal will not happen to us, nor will we be detained or mutilated in the kingdom, but we will be presented after the trials of life end spotless or prayer or anything similar, being preserved in Christ Jesus and maintained by the power of God through faith for salvation.

Evil will kill the wicked. Their adversaries will be killing; they are not medicine, but poison. Wicked men only need enough rope and if they will enforce; their own iniquities will be their punishment. The own hell is just a completely developed evil, tormenting those in who he dwells with. Oh! blessed are those who fled to Jesus to find refuge from their previous sins, such, and such alone shall escape.

And those who hate the righteous will be desolate. They hated the best of the company. and they would have none; they will be destitute, stripped, miserable, desperate. God makes the viper poison itself. What desolation of heart it causes oh the damned feeling, and how richly they deserved it!

Verse 22

The Lord redeems the soul of His servants - with a price and with power, with blood and with water. All providential helps are a part of redemption through power, which is why the Lord is still said to redeem. All of the those redeemed thus belong to the one who bought them - this is the law of justice and the verdict of gratitude. With joy, we will serve the one who so graciously he buys us with his blood and delivers us by his power. And none of those who in whom we trust will be desolate. Faith is the mark of the redeemed and, wherever it is seen, although in the smallest and most petty of saints, it guarantees the eternal salvation. Believer, you will never be abandoned, forsaken, delivered to ruin. God, even your God, is your guardian and friend, and happiness is yours.