“This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.”
The psalmist invokes a poor man who cried to the LORD and God heard him and saved him from all his troubles. The reference to "this poor man" suggests that the psalmist identifies himself with those who lack earthly resources and power. The verb "cried" suggests a desperate cry, the urgent appeal of one in extremity. The affirmation that God "heard" confirms that the cry reached God and was responded to. The promise of being saved "from all his troubles" emphasizes the comprehensiveness of God's deliverance. The testimony transforms vulnerability into occasion for experiencing God's saving power.
Church Fathers on Psalms 34:6
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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