Psalm 34
Psalm of David, when he changed his behavior before Abimelech, so that he drove him out, and he went away.
I will bless the Lord at all times;
his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
2 My soul makes its boast in the Lord;
let the humble hear and be glad.
3 Oh, magnify the Lord with me,
and let us exalt his name together!
4 I sought the Lord, and he answered me
and delivered me from all my fears.
5 Those who look to him are radiant,
and their faces shall never be ashamed.
6 This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him
and saved him out of all his troubles.
7 The angel of the Lord encamps
around those who fear him, and delivers them.
8 Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good!
Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!
9 Oh, fear the Lord, you his saints,
for those who fear him have no lack!
10 The young lions suffer want and hunger;
but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.
11 Come, O children, listen to me
I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
12 What man is there who desires life
and loves many days, that he may see good?
13 Keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from speaking deceit.
14 Turn away from evil and do good;
seek peace and pursue it.
15 The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous
and his ears toward their cry.
16 The face of the Lord is against those who do evil,
to cut off the memory of them from the earth.
17 When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears
and delivers them out of all their troubles.
18 The Lord is near to the brokenhearted
and saves the crushed in spirit.
19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
but the Lord delivers him out of them all.
20 He keeps all his bones;
not one of them is broken.
21 Affliction will slay the wicked,
and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.
22 The Lord redeems the life of his servants;
none of those who take refuge in him will be condemned.
This Psalm of David is not an old age Psalm
Our lives are built even as we prepare for life. David was a mercenary about to be killed by one of the local kings. And instead, David acted as if he was a lunatic and the king promptly left. David was a Mighty King by the time he published this to be sung, recited and prayed in the Temple of God. David, the Good Shepherd, intends His People to be wise, canny, innocent as doves, wise as snakes. The Scriptures, being real, publish and explain many things, several times.
1 Now Abraham journeyed from there to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was staying in Gerar, 2 Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar had Sarah brought to him. 3 One night, however, God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.”
Out of Egypt, I called My Son.
Hosea 11:1
When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.
Matthew 2:15
where he stayed until the death of Herod. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: "Out of Egypt I called My Son."
Exodus 4:22
Then tell Pharaoh that this is what the LORD says: 'Israel is My firstborn son,
Exodus 4:23
and I told you to let My son go so that he may worship Me. But since you have refused to let him go, behold, I will kill your firstborn son!'
Jesus saves King Abimelech, Jesus doesn't save Pharaoh of the Exodus. Jesus didn't meet Herod as requested and Jesus didn't go to Greece to meet the Dispersion. The Wind blows where it will.
Deuteronomy 7
8 But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. 9 Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion for a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments. 10 But those who hate Him He repays to their faces with destruction; He will not hesitate to repay to his face the one who hates Him.
Jesus, the crowds pressed in upon to heal and be fed. The woman who held on to His Fringe. And yet, she knew she would be honest with Jesus as to her purpose and intent. The King of Glory. The Temple Guards were sent before Good Friday to overcome Jesus. They returned simply saying they were unable. It wouldn't be normal operating procedure to do this and simply be understood by the Temple Authorities. Jesus drove out the Money Changers, calling them thieves.
The Royal Portico is the Royal Stoa, Money Changers. Orange Roof.
Nazareth took Jesus to the plateau, intending to stone Him and hurl Him down. They couldn't he simply walked away.
Giving us new insight into the Word of the Lord, "Turn the other cheek." Nothing is impossible with God the Almighty. David told us to be canny, respectful and wise when reading God's Word. Expect to find something Alive. Filled with Love and Parental Advice.
God places the people of Scripture
in dark situations,
in corners.
And He is there.
Life is like the Prodigal Son, play, burn out, punt, remorse, return.
The real and valid nitty gritty of life. The Prodigal Son places.
And asking God to help us and finding we need Him,
Seek Him,
Find Him
and find Help. Helper. Comfort.
With God's Help and Love,
Thy Kingdom come,
Thy Will be done
on earth
as it is
in
Heaven
Ephesians 3
For this reason I bow my knees before the Father,
from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,
that according to the riches of His glory
He may grant you to be strengthened with power through His Spirit
in your inner being
So that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith
—that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
may have strength to comprehend with all the saints
what is the breadth and length and height and depth,
and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge,
that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think,
according to the power at work within us,
to Him be glory in the church
and
In Christ Jesus throughout all generations,
forever and ever. Amen.
Abba, Father,
Dwell in us
and help us to seek You first
Jesus, God of Encouragement.
Jesus, Hope and Future.
Jesus the Lord
saves the world
Amen.
♔ LORD JESUS SAVES †
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