Psalm 34 Analysis

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We need not to excuse David's sin, because he confessed it and expressed his renewed trust in God. When we read Psalm 34, we are to understand that it was written by the same man who had already acknowledge his sin and is forgiven. The trust which David speaks in Psalm 34 is that which he reaffirmed in Psalm 56. The key to understanding of the relationship of Psalm 34 to 1 Samuel 21 states that David was forgiven and renewed as a result of his experience described in Psalm 56. David begins this psalm with a vow, or a promise: “I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth” (v.1). Here David promise to persistently praise His God. David praise, while based upon a specific event in his life, is ongoing. It should be …show more content…

David said his soul will “make a boast in the Lord” (v:2). David does not dwell on his experience, nor even on his deliverance, but on his Deliverer. The Lord is both the subject and the object of David's praise. Psalm reminds me of the fellowship of praise, for the most part praise can be private, However, that is not the kind of praise which psalms practice and promote. When David publicly praise God at worship, he did so purposing to promote worship on the part of the entire congregation., for the most part, those who loved God, as David did, have the right to rejoice and praise God with him. In Romans 12:15, Paul's teaching indicates that the new testament worship should be a sharing in the joys of the fellow- Christians: “rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep. David therefore urges his fellow-worshipers to join with him in magnifying the Lord so that His name will be corporately exalted (v:3). In Psalm 34 speak of David's deliverance, this poor man cried and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles, and the angels encamped around those who feared Him, and rescues

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