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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
The Lord [is] nigh unto them that are of a broken heart,.... Who are pressed and bore down with afflictions, by the sorrow of heart under which their spirits are broken, Proverbs 15:13; or with a sense of sin, and sorrow for it, for which their hearts smite them, and they are wounded by it, and broken with it: to these the Lord is "nigh"; not in a general way only, as he is to all men, being God...
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
The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. Are you here tonight, poor weeping Mary? Are you here, brokenhearted, troubled sinner? Are you here? Are you seeking the Lord? Do not seek him any longer. You have got him. Read the text, “The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart.” He is with you now. Speak to him; cry to him; trust...
Charles H. Spurgeon
The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. We often hear of people who die of a broken heart; but here we read about people who live with a broken heart, and it is the best way of living too, with a heart that is broken for sin, and broken from sin, a heart that in every portion of it feels the power of God.
Charles H. Spurgeon
The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. Not your proud spirits, not your hectoring ones; but your lowly, penitent souls are the ones that are dear unto the heart of God, he is nigh unto them, and saveth them.
Charles H. Spurgeon
The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all. The first line seemed to have something terrible in it: “Many are the afflictions of the righteous”, but there is a blessed “but” that comes in —thrown like the tree into Marah’s bitter stream to sweeten it all.
Charles H. Spurgeon
The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. Men do not care for broken hearts, but God does. “Give me a sound heart and a brave heart,” says man. “Give me a broken and a contrite heart,” says the Lord. If you have such a heart as that, be not afraid to...