The Nugget:
Psalm 34:1 I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. (KJV)
Psalm 34:1 I will praise the LORD at all times. I will never stop singing his praises. (ERV, Easy to Read Version)
Psalm 34:1 I will always praise the LORD. (CEV, Contemporary English Version)
The Title of Psalm 34:1
Psa 34:1 A Psalm of David, when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech; who drove him away, and he departed. (KJV)
Psa 34:1 A song of David when he pretended to be crazy so that Abimelech would send him away, which he did. (ERV)
Psa 34:1 (Written by David when he pretended to be crazy in front of Abimelech, so that Abimelech would send him away, and David could leave.) (CEV)
My Comment:
Psalm 34 is a very encouraging Psalm. I may post each of its verses with the associated cross references, one verse each day for 22 days. It is well worth our careful study.
The Psalm chapter outline and its title is readily visible in the printed edition of The New Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. I suspect there is an e-Sword feature that very few users notice. In the “Commentaries” view it is possible to see for the Ultimate Cross Reference Treasury the chapter outline as well as notes on the Psalm title when there is one. This information becomes visible when the “C” option (of “B,” “C,” “V” is selected, where “B” displays book notes; “C” displays chapter notes; “V” displays verse notes and cross references). Here is the chapter information for Psalm 34:
Psalms 34
David praises God, and exhorts others, from his own experience, to bless and trust in him, 1-10, He teaches the fear of God; and contrasts the privileges of the righteous with the miseries of the wicked, 11-22.
(Title.) A.M. 2942, B.C. 1062, Anno Sauli Regis Israelitarum, 34.
when. 1Sa 21:10—1Sa 22:1.
Abimelech. or, Achish. Note: Achish, king of Gath, is probably here called Abimelech, because that was a common name of the Philistine kings (see the parallel texts). This is the second of the acrostic, or alphabetical Psalms (the first being Psalms 25); each verse beginning consecutively with a letter of the Hebrew alphabet. The verse, however, which begins with wav, and which should come in between the fifth and sixth, is totally wanting; but as the 22nd, which now begins with pay, podeh, “redeemeth,” is entirely out of the series, it is not improbable that it was originally written oophodeh, “and redeemeth,” and occupied that situation, in which connection it reads admirably. Gen 20:2; Gen 26:1; Gen 26:26 note. 1Sa 21:10; 1Sa 21:13, 14, 15; 1Sa 22:1; 1Sa 29:8, Pro 29:25.
I will delve deeper into Psalm 34:1 itself in my next post.