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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
Come, ye children,.... Meaning either his own children, those of his own family, judging it his duty to instruct them, and bring them up in the fear of the Lord; or his subjects, to whom he stood in the relation of a father, as every king does; or all his hearers, as those who attended the prophets are called the children or sons of the prophets; or young people in common may be designed, who...
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
Come, ye children, Ye that are beginning life — you that want to know where true happiness is found Psa_34:11. Hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD. It is that which you want to know, beyond everything else.
Charles H. Spurgeon
Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD. I should not wonder but that, when David played the madman, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, the children in the streets gathered round him, and mocked him. Wherever we have done harm to any, let us try to do them good. So did David; he sought to gather the children about his knees, and to talk to them: “Come, ye...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Come, ye children, hearken unto me: — This man of God has made his confession to the saints, and now he tells it out to the children. There is nothing like working on material that will last, and those who are now children will most of them be alive when those who are now old men are dead and gone. So David says, “Come ye children, hearken unto me:” —
Charles H. Spurgeon
I will teach you the fear of the LORD. What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good? Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. There is life or death in the human tongue; there is life in the tongue that is under subjection to the will of God, there is death, there is mischief of all sorts, in a wild ungoverned tongue.
Charles H. Spurgeon
Come, ye children hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD. A Sunday School teacher’s text. Gather the children close to you. Say, “Come near me. I would be familiar with you.” It was a king who spoke these words, and yet he delighted to say, “Come ye children.” Win their attention. “Hearken unto me.” If they do not hear, how shall they understand? “And I will teach you the fear of...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Come, ye children, hearken unto me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD. What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good? Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. He who can manage his tongue can manage his whole body; for the tongue is the rudder of the ship, and if that be properly held, the vessel will be rightly steered. If thou wouldst...