1.15.10 -- Psalm 34

Psalm 34

I love that David wrote this Psalm as an acrostic.  There is one verse for each letter of the Hebrew alphabet (except one which may have simply been lost to time).  He was as much a word dork as I am!

Ps 34:7 ~ I love the visual of the angel of the LORD encamping "all around those who fear Him," such an amazing concept. 

Ps 34:8 ~ This one always seems strange to me.  "Taste and see"?  But then, Jesus does talk about being "the bread which came down from heaven," (John 6:41) so maybe it's not so odd after all.

Ps 34:10 ~ Lots of televangelists have twisted verses like this into a "health and wealth" gospel, proclaiming that God wants us to be rich and trouble-free.  While that is true in the eternal sense, it is not so in the temporal sense.  As long as we live here on earth we will have troubles.  This verse is not saying that God will grant us anything we might want. Rather, that those who long for Him above all else will have that desire fulfilled and therefore want for (or lack) nothing. 

Ps 34:18 ~ "The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart."  How very true!  It's easy to sense God is near when you're broken before Him.