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Psalms 34:8 — King James Version← Study notes

O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.


Psalms 34:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 34:86 words
HebrewMeaning
חֹנֶ֤הḥōneh
is encampingverbH2583
camp · dwell · encamp · grow to an end ···
מַלְאַךְmaləʾakə
the angel ofnounH4397
angel · king · messenger
יְהוָ֓הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
סָ֘בִ֤יבsābiyb
aroundnounH5439
round) about · circuit · compass · on every side
לִֽ/ירֵאָ֗י/וliyrēʾāyw
those fearing himpronH3373
fear
וַֽ/יְחַלְּצֵֽ/םwayəḥaləṣēm
and he rescued themconjH2502
(go · ready) armed ( man · soldier) · deliver ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 34:8

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…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 34 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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Taste and See
The invitation is sensory, not intellectual. Don't just believe God is good theoretically. Taste Him. Let His goodness become something you experience directly, something your spiritual senses registe...
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