Internet Verse Search Commentaries Word Analysis ITL - draft

Psalms 34:8

Context
NETBible

Taste 1  and see that the Lord is good! How blessed 2  is the one 3  who takes shelter in him! 4 

XREF

Ps 2:12; Ps 36:7,10; Ps 52:1; Ps 63:5; Ps 84:12; Ps 119:103; So 2:3; So 5:1; Jer 31:14; Zec 9:17; Heb 6:4,5; 1Pe 2:2,3; 1Jo 1:1-3; 1Jo 4:7-10

NET © Notes

tn This verb is normally used of tasting or savoring food. The metaphor here appears to compare the Lord to a tasty meal.

tn The Hebrew noun is an abstract plural. The word often refers metonymically to the happiness that God-given security and prosperity produce (see Pss 1:1, 3; 2:12; 41:1; 65:4; 84:12; 89:15; 106:3; 112:1; 127:5; 128:1; 144:15).

tn Heb “man.” The principle of the psalm is certainly applicable to all people, regardless of their gender or age. To facilitate modern application, we translate the gender and age specific “man” with the more neutral “one.”

tn “Taking shelter” in the Lord is an idiom for seeking his protection. Seeking his protection presupposes and even demonstrates the subject’s loyalty to the Lord. In the psalms those who “take shelter” in the Lord are contrasted with the wicked and equated with those who love, fear, and serve the Lord (Pss 2:12; 5:11-12; 31:17-20; 34:21-22).



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