“What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?”
The psalmist poses a rhetorical question: "Who is the man who desires life and loves many days, that he may see good?" The reference to desiring life and loving many days reflects universal human concern with longevity and flourishing. The promise that such a person will ''see good'' suggests that the desired life will be characterized by blessing. The rhetorical form invites affirmative response: everyone desires such flourishing. The verse sets up the teaching that follows.
Church Fathers on Psalms 34:12
A psalm of David, when he changed his countenance before Abimelech, and he sent him away, and he departed. 1. Because there was there a sacrifice after the order of Aaron, and afterwards He of His Own Body and Blood appointed a sacrifice after the order of Melchizedek; He changed then His Countenance in the Priesthood, and sent away the kingdom of the Jews, and came to the Gentiles. What then is, “He affected”? He was full of affection. For what is so full of affection as…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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