Psalm 34
Psalm 34 Meaning
Psalm 34 is a testimony of rescue that turns into an invitation. David blesses the LORD at all times and calls others to magnify God with him, telling how he sought the LORD and was delivered from all his fears.
Its famous verses promise that the LORD is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit, and that though the righteous have many afflictions, the LORD delivers them out of them all.
Key verses from Psalm 34
“I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.”
Psalm 34:4
“O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.”
Psalm 34:8
“The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.”
Psalm 34:18
“Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.”
Psalm 34:19
How Psalm 34 points to Jesus
Jesus is the goodness we taste and see, near to the brokenhearted and Savior of the crushed. John notes that not one of His bones was broken, echoing this psalm, for the LORD keeps all the bones of His own.