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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Psalms 34 [A Psalm] of David, when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech; who drove him away, and he departed. The author of this psalm is expressed by name; and the time and occasion of it are plainly intimated: it was composed by David, "when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech"; not Ahimelech the priest, sometimes called Abimelech, 1 Chronicles 18:16; to whom David...
John Gill
I will bless the Lord at all times,.... That is, ascribe blessing, give honour, praise, and glory to him, both as the God of nature and providence, for every temporal mercy; and that every day, and at all times in the day; since these are renewed every morning, and continue all the day long: and as the God of grace, for all spiritual blessings; and that continually, because these last always;...
Matthew Henry
This psalm was penned upon a particular occasion, as appears by the title, and yet there is little in it peculiar to that occasion, but that which is general, both by way of thanksgiving to God an instruction to us. I. He praises God for the experience which he and others had had of his goodness, ver. 1-6. II. He encourages all good people to trust in God and to seek to him, ver. 7-10. III. He...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Ver. 1. I will bless the Lord at all times. He is resolved and fixed, I will; he is personally and for himself determined, let others so as they may; he is intelligent in head and inflamed in heart --he knows to whom the praise is due, and what is due, and for what and when. To Jehovah, and not to second causes our gratitude is to be rendered. The Lord hath by right a monopoly in his creatures...
Charles H. Spurgeon
I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. “Others may do what they please, and murmur, and complain, and be filled with dread and apprehension of the future; but I will bless the Lord at all times. I can always see something for which I ought to bless him. I can always see some good which will come out of blessing him. Therefore will I bless him at all...
Charles H. Spurgeon
I will bless the LORD at all times: “Whether the times are dark or light, whether I feel well or ill, whether the Lord deals with me graciously or severely, I will bless him at all times.” Psa_34:1. His praise shall continually be in my mouth. What a blessed mouthful! If we could but carry out this resolve of David, we should not find so much fault with others as we often do. We shall have little...
Charles H. Spurgeon
I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. What a sweet resolve! Oh, that every one of us who knows the Lord would make that resolve, and keep it all our days: “I will bless the Lord at all times;” in dark times and bright times, as long as ever I live. “His praise shall continually be in my mouth;” that is the most delightful mouthful that a man can possibly...
Charles H. Spurgeon
I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. After any very great deliverance we feel prompted to special gratitude, and it appears to us as if we never should leave off praising God. I wish that perpetuity were real, but, alas! it often happens that the next cloud that sweeps the skies brings back our doubting, and our fearing, and our song is over. It ought...
Charles H. Spurgeon
I will bless the LORD at all times: “At dark times, and bright times when I am alone, and when I am in company; when I feel like doing it and when I do not feel like doing it: ‘I will bless the Lord at all times.’” Psa_34:1. His praise shall continually be in my mouth. “I will not only feel it in my heart, but I will give expression to it with my mouth. Those who do not care for this blessed...