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Good morning Peter, good to have you with us. See you there on the Utah SDR. That's Peter, KJ7BA.

All right. All right. Any other check-ins?

Please come now. All right. We had a double there.

I heard Lee AL7KG. Lee AL7KG, come ahead. All right.

Okay, no worries. We got you down for an early out. Lee, thank you for being there.

Appreciate that. Alright, that's Lee. Alpha, Lima.

7 Kilo Golf AL7KG. We got you down for early out, Lee. Thank you for being there.

Also heard Brian, KJ7PWM. Good morning, Brian. How are you doing?

All right. Copy that. Brian's doing well.

No new prayer requests. Good to hear your voice, Brian. Appreciate that.

All right. That was Lee, AL7KG, Brian, KJ7PWM. And Peter, KJ7BA, says good morning to everyone on the Utah STR.

Good morning, Peter. Good to have you with us. Thank you for being there.

All right. Any other check-ins, please come now. Thank you.

. Alright, our net will be starting in about 3 minutes. We are in Psalm 34, and so if you want to turn in your Bibles to that section and read that passage, be ready to talk about it.

That's Psalm 34. That would be great. All right, WB7 in Mexico, come for check-ins, please.

Come now. Thank you. WB7VZL back here in College Place.

It's not like the woods and it's not like at 3,000 feet. We're at about 850 max here. And it's warm.

But back to you. Yeah, good morning Roger, WB7VZL, glad to have you back in College Place, glad you had a safe trip. And your signal is super strong, so Roger, appreciate your signal from College Place as well as from Coville.

Both of those signals are just great on my radio. All right, good to have you back. And any prayer requests, Roger, go ahead.

Well, I have a memorial service today, and I'm putting together passages of Scripture. And so anyway, that's the comfort for those that are memorializing their lives. And Ellen was a person of prayer and of the word, and just wonderful from what we could see, the evidence of her.

life and the word of life is really gratifying. Over. Yeah, copy that.

You know, it's always easy to do a funeral of a Christian. You know, I heard a guy say once, Roger, live in such a fashion that that it's easy to preach at your funeral and i always thought about that i always like that because you know as well as i do and others too who preached at funerals that some funerals are really easy to do they're delightful because the person lived for the lord with a great testimony for christ And, you know, we can just use that to take away right into the gospel and what a blessing that is. And then other folks, you know, who didn't live for the Lord and yet, you know, you're doing their funeral, that's a much tougher situation to preach at, more delicate.

You have to be more careful. And so, Roger, we will pray for you. Jerry, AE70R, let's pray for Roger, WB7VCL.

He has a memorial service to preach at today. And so let's just pray that God's blessing would be on him as he preaches and God would use the preaching for the salvation of those who attend. QSL there, Jerry.

Thank you. Thank you Jerry, appreciate that. Alright Roger, we got you checked in.

Any other check-ins for West Coast Fire Study, please come now. Alright, the net we'd like to acknowledge is Gene, K7GWR. Good morning Gene, see you there on Utah SDR.

Gene, really appreciate you being with us. All right, let's see if we got anyone else that I've not picked up on the STRs. All right, I think we're all caught up.

We are ready to get started with the West Coast Bible study. As I said, we're in Psalm 34, and we'll give a little introduction to this psalm. But first of all, we want to open your prayer.

So, Al, KJ7QQH, if you could open in prayer for us today, I'd sure appreciate that. Go ahead there, Al. Thank you, Pastor Max.

Good morning to everyone on the desk. This is the state news desk of G2H. Let's all come together in prayer.

Heavenly Father, thank you for another great day here in your presence. And thank you for the means by which we are able to come together. We ask your blessing on our study today that we would hear what you want us to hear and apply it to our lives.

God bless you. Give us your protection. guide you to speak to the people of outside of our state and through this study to talk more of you and to recognize you to do your will.

We ask all this in Jesus' name. Amen. All right, real good, Al.

Thank you for that. Really appreciate that. I see Carol, KK7TPO there on the Utah SDR.

Good morning, Carol. Come back to me. Alright, sounds like Carol's not able to key up just now, so anyway, we do have you checked in, Carol, KK7TPO, appreciate you being there.

Alright, any other check-ins before we read scripture? Go ahead. All right, we are in Psalm 34 today, and the heading of this psalm, very interesting, it says, a psalm of David when he changed his behavior before Abimelech, who drove him away and he departed.

So the heading of this Psalm, Psalm 34, indicates that it was written sometime after the events recorded in 1 Samuel 21, verses 10-15. And in that section, 1 Samuel 21, 10-15... David had fled from Saul.

You remember Saul was persecuting him, trying to kill him, and he was so hot on his heels that David fled into the land of the Philistines in order to try to secure his safety. Only to find himself brought before Achish, the king of Gath. Gath is the land of the Philistines.

And accused by the king's servants of being the one who had slain 10,000 Philistines. You remember there was a battle, and the women sang, Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands. Well, David was extremely afraid when he heard this accusation.

And he thought, well, if they think I'm the David who killed ten thousand Philistines, they're going to put me to death, right? So David was really afraid, and he pretended to be insane. He acted like a person who was mentally broken, and by that means he deceived the king of Gath as to his true identity.

And so the king of Gath dismissed the accusation against David, released him, not believing that an insane man could be the David of Israel. Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking guile. Depart from evil, and do good.

Seek peace, and pursue it. The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their cry. The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

The righteous cry out and the Lord hears and delivers them out of all their troubles. The Lord is near to those who have a broken heart and saves such as have a contrite spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But the Lord delivers him out of them all.

He guards all his bones. Not one of them is broken. Evil shall slay the wicked, and those who hate the righteous shall be condemned.

WB7VZL. Roger, WB7VZL, please go ahead. Well, you know, it pays to have memory verses as a child.

And, you know, first of all, I read from the NIV study Bible a few minutes ago that this psalm, is written according to the alphabet, the Hebrew alphabet. And thank you so much for your intro. I appreciate that.

And then the memory verse, as a child... was the angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, verse 7, and rescues them. So the angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him and rescues them.

And I'm sure that one of the memory verse cards or... One of the memory verse scrolls that we had as a child in Sabbath school, it had an angel watching over children, you know. So that just popped out at me.

And then verses 20 and 23, or excuse me, I should say, in John chapter 19, 33 and 36. John 19, 33 and 36 says, I think it's John 1:29, "Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world." And so Jesus, as the Lamb of God, could not have his bones broken. You remember that the Pharisees said these bodies shouldn't be on the crosses over the Passover.

And so they found the thief on the right and the thief on the left still alive, and they broke their legs. The reason for that, of course, is so that they couldn't push themselves up to breathe. When your arms are out and you are being crucified, if you sink down, it eliminates your ability to breathe.

And so you have to push up in order to be able to breathe. and when your legs are broken you can't push up and so they dive asphyxiation quite rapidly well when they came to Jesus but they saw that he was already dead and so they didn't break the bones in his legs and so John for the apostle who's writing the Gospel of John looks back at this song and he quotes verse 20 as Roger pointed out there And in this passage, he applies it to Jesus. So David, as the progenitor of Jesus, as the foreshadowing of Jesus in many respects in his life, here's one more example of a psalm that has a messianic element in it.

And the New Testament tells us to apply much that's in this psalm to our Lord Jesus Christ. And yes, Roger, you know, we taught all our kids memory verses when they were growing up, hundreds of them. It's amazing how quickly kids memorize.

And then when they go in those plastic brains that they have when they're young, it sticks with them the rest of their life. And, you know, here you are towards the end of your life still remembering a verse that you memorized as a kid. And that's why it's so important that if we are with or around our grandchildren or other children, teach them Bible verses.

Those things will stick for the rest of their lives. So yes, verse 7, the angel of the Lord encamps around about them that fear him and delivers them. and so we taught our kids that verse as well and it's good to know that God sent his angels to be ministering spirit to those who are the heirs of salvation so the concept of a guardian angel for believers is well established in the scriptures so Roger thanks for pointing those two passages out alright any other comments please come down who's that again I think I heard Kevin, KB7 ZXN.

Go ahead, Kevin. Yeah, KB7 ZXN. I love that, Roger.

And isn't that so true? And this is just, it's why it's so wonderful to see the fruit of those things as a child that you experience to come back around and then again be full of so much more meaning as you grow. this song I love the acrostic songs that this one is as well where in each letter of the Hebrew alphabet represents a portion of text in this part of the psalm the song here but it and it is a messianic song in many ways one of the things I was just thinking about here too is, you know, consider what David did here in his circumstance was humiliating, but yet he was giving praise to God focused on not the humiliation that he went through to be delivered, but the recognizing and praising God and asking those around him to join him in the praise of God, of his faithfulness of deliverance and then it goes on, you know, in the second half, 11th forward, to express his, you know, to teach from his experience to educate.

those around him and that's what God would have us do and we have such an experience of faithfulness you know it should be used to not only exalt God and praise God for his his deliverance from a circumstance but also the the to educate those around us again and remind them of their faithfulness you know he refers to them as my children and uh to impart the wisdom that he shares in this text but it is a beautiful psalm he encompasses so much again of the of the wonderful attributes and faithfulness of god and um it it there's there's some good verses in here kb7 is that example Yeah, Kevin, this is a precious passage. Yeah, thank you for that emphasis on share your experience. When God has answered a prayer and God has provided a deliverance, tell other people about it.

And that's really what David is doing here in Psalm 34. verses 1 to 3. He says, I will bless the Lord at all times.

His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast in the Lord. The humble shall hear thereof and be glad.

O magnify the Lord with me. and let us exalt his name together. So here David's at an answer to prayer.

He is boasting in the Lord and what the Lord has done for us, and he does it in the presence of other people, and he calls upon them to share and participate in and express the thanksgiving he's expressing for what God has done for him. So, Kevin, thanks for that encouragement and that exhortation that we should share our experience with others when God has given us an answer to prayer, maybe an insight into scripture, maybe a particularly kind providence, deliverance of some kind. Let's always remember to not only thank the Lord ourselves, but tell others about it.

Great comment there, Kevin. All right, other comments. Please come down.

Mark, KJ7PVT, you're coming in strong. Go ahead. All right.

Thank you. .. Thank you.

Mark, KJ7PVT, great comment. Yeah, Mark was just referring to the fact that in their church they sing this psalm. And, of course, these psalms, of course, are the hymn book of the Hebrew Christians, of the Hebrew believers.

And Mark just sang for us verses 1 to 4. with the tune that they use in their church. And you know, you can't do any better than just sing the Word of God.

And so, Mark, I'm so pleased to hear that your church is singing these first four verses. and how that, you know, when we get married, we get married for better, worse, richer, poorer, sicker than health. And in the same way, you know, we praise the Lord when we're in a situation of better, worse, richer, poorer, sicker than health.

In other words, every condition of life is a suitable condition to praise the Lord, you know? And so if we're on top of the mountain, we praise the Lord. If we're down in the valley of the shadow of death, we praise the Lord.

And we praise the Lord everywhere in between because the Lord is worthy of praise in every circumstance. Mark, thank you for bringing that out and sharing. that hymn, a praise that you guys used in your church.

Really appreciate that. All right, any other comments? Please come now.

ZXN. Kevin, KB7, ZXN, please go ahead. Yeah, that's excellent.

And, you know, too, looking through my notes here, the... You know, this psalm is quoted quite frequently in the New Testament. It's one of those psalms that is quoted in John and also in 1 Peter 3, what is it, 10 through 12, where Peter quotes heavily verses 12 through 16 in that section.

So this psalm, and John also but this psalm has continued to be such an encouragement for the churches for the Lord's churches throughout the age throughout the ages and anyway continues to be as Mark pointed out still sung today these principles of God are timeless, are eternal and definitely worth singing, worth praising God for KB7 to that extent You know, Kevin, you are exactly right. There are some passages that just apply to everyone, everywhere, all the time, at any time, and in any place in the world, right? And this is one of those songs.

And, you know, I think of verse 6 here. This poor man cried and the Lord heard him and saved him out of all his troubles. And you know, that's who we are.

We're powerful. You know, "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of God." We have nothing to offer God. We have no way to deliver ourselves.

We don't have any resources is the idea here for self-salvation or self-deliverance. But God has all the resources. You know, all the treasures of wisdom are laid up in Jesus.

All the power, all the strength is there. So, yeah, and that's the reason why this psalm is quoted so much in the New Testament. And as you said, you know, Roger pointed out that it's quoted in John 19 and verse 36.

And now Kevin's pointing out that it's quoted in 1 Peter 3, verses 10 to 12. And so different sections of this psalm are quoted. And, you know, I remember as a brand-new believer reading this psalm and how verse 3 just really struck me.

Oh, magnify the Lord with me and let us exalt his name together. And just to encourage other Christians, let's lift up God's name. You know, what has the Lord done for you?

And here's what the Lord's done for me. And just to have a little session of fellowship that revolves around who God is and what God has done and what God has done for me. So, Kevin, thanks for pointing out those quotations.

and also the universal blessing that this psalm is in every age, in every person's life, and in every circumstance. All right, other comments, please come down. WB730 Alright, we had a double there.

I heard Roger. I'll get to the other station as soon as Roger's done talking. Roger, go ahead.

Oh, I feel I tried to wait, just I didn't follow my four to five second rule. Pardon me. This is WB7VZL, and what I did put next to verse four I sought the Lord and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears.

Well, next to it I have Martin Luther and he was famous for wearing out his confessors. and when he'd go confess his sins, he'd wear them out. And so I wrote this here next to Martin Luther.

It said, Hours of introspection about minuscule sins and unhealthy thoughts. The quote here, My son, God is not angry with you. It is you who are angry with God, said one of his exasperated advisors.

Eventually, Luther came to agree that And that from his fear of sinning actually showed a lack of faith. That was the breakthrough moment. And this passage that...in other words, I recorded that apparently In reference to my overseeing of the story of Martin Luther, this passage was very meaningful to him and was a breakthrough for...

And I credit my adult conversion to the introduction to the Gospel to Galatians, his commentary. He really was fearful of God and his lack of faith was turned around by this moment. Back to you, WB7VZL.

Yeah, Roger, really well said. Thank you for pointing that out. You know, when we look at our sins and we look at the justice of God, we have every reason to tremble and be terrified and be afraid of his wrath and judgment.

But when we turn from our sins to our Savior and put our trust in the Lord Jesus for forgiveness and cleansing from our sins, all those fears melt away because we realize we have a sufficient Savior, we have an able Savior, we have a willing Savior, we have a capable Savior, we have a Savior who is able to take away. all of our sins and to completely cleanse us from all unrighteousness and then give us His righteousness. And so, as it says here in verse 4, I sought the Lord, He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.

What is our greatest fear but the fear of of being condemned by God on the day of judgment and cast into hell. And so when we seek the Lord, we seek salvation through Jesus Christ. He always hears us.

The Bible says, He that comes to me I will in no wise cast out. And so whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved, Romans 10.13. And so we call out to the Lord for salvation today.

He hears us and delivers us from our fear of being condemned for our sins. Because we cannot deliver ourselves from them. You know, this poor man cried, very sick, and the Lord heard him and saved him out of all his troubles.

Well, what's the greatest trouble we have but the trouble of being sinners and the wages of sin is death? And the result of death is to be cast into the lake of fire. So, yes, what we have here is a rejoicing, not just in a deliverance from a king that might kill him, but deliverance from the king who would cast him into hell.

And the judge became the savior. and condemnation became forgiveness and justification. Roger, thank you for pointing that out and the connection between this passage and not just temporal physical deliverance, but the connection between this passage and eternal and spiritual deliverance.

All right, there was another station right in there with Roger, whose call sign I couldn't hear. Other station, please come down. kg6j all right there's jerry kg6j go ahead jerry thank you pastor man so like roger i had written in the margin of my bible some basic themes uh relating to verse six seven and eight and you just spoke to verse six and i won't read it but he's saying and then verse 7 the angel of the Lord can camp all around those who fear him and deliver them he keeps his faith verse 8 O take as Jesus the Lord is blessed is the man who trusts in him he satisfies them that's the message yeah aren't those wonderful verses verse 6 the Lord saves us verse 7 the Lord delivers us Verse 8, the Lord is good to us.

And, you know, the wonderful thing is that even though we're sinners, because God has provided for redemption and forgiveness through Jesus Christ, God has this positive attitude towards us. you know, peace on earth, goodwill toward men. And so there's this wonderful disposition of grace and love and mercy that God has towards us.

And David captures this in these verses, 6, 7, and 8, that Jerry was talking about. And how kind the Lord is, how good the Lord is, how powerful the Lord is, how protective the Lord is, and how God just pours out. His blessings on those who cry out to Him, who trust in Him, and who depend entirely on Him for the meeting of their temporal needs for deliverance and their eternal needs for deliverance.

Jerry, thanks for bringing out those verses. Those are precious, precious verses. Alright, any other comments?

Please come down. Alright, Danette would like to acknowledge Dawn, AC7KW. Dawn, I've seen you there for quite a while on the Utah SDR.

Thanks for being with us. Don, Alpha, Charlie, 7, Kilo, Whiskey. All right, any other comments on our passage?

Please come down. Well, I'd like to comment on verse 9 for a minute. Verse 9 says, Oh, fear the Lord, you his saints.

There is no want or there's no lack to those who fear him. The young lions do lack, verse 10, and set their hunger. But they that seek the Lord shall not lack any good thing.

And so, you know, God doesn't give us our wants necessarily, but he always meets our needs. And so he better knows what our needs are than we do. And if he withholds something from us, it's because either we don't need it or it wouldn't be good for us if we had it.

And the promise here is that if you have a genuine need and God sees that need, he's going to meet that need. And that's the peace and confidence we have is that we have faith an amazingly wise and benevolent and watchful and caring heavenly parent, our Father who art in heaven. And we can just trust him that if he says no, well, we didn't need it.

And if we need it, he always says yes. And so that's what we can rest in is wisdom in knowing what we really need and what we don't. And to know that he's not going to let any legitimate need go unmet.

And, you know, sometimes He meets our needs in ways we don't expect. You know, Paul needed his thorn in the flesh removed, and God says, I'll meet that need. I'm not going to take the thorn in the flesh away, but I'm going to give you grace to deal with it, and that's how the need is going to be met.

So, You know, we have a Father we can trust. And we have a Father who has infinite resources. We have a Father who has the disposition of giving us His Son.

And if He's going to give us His Son, shall He not also with Him give us all things? So there's an awful lot there to be trusting in and grateful for and have peace about that God is going to meet those needs alright I have a text message here from Jeff AK6OK Jeff says good morning Max listening remotely this morning alright Jeff AK6OK, we got you checked in and glad to hear you've been following along with Psalm 34. All right, any other comments on Psalm 34?

Please come down. Mark, KJ7PVT, go ahead.. Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you. Mark, great comment.

Mark was reading to us verses 17, 18, and 19. And he says, you know, things can get pretty dark in our lives. But these verses remind us that there's always hope.

You know, verse 17, the righteous cry, the Lord hears, notices, and delivers them out of all their troubles. Verse 18, the Lord is near to them that are of a broken heart and saved. such as be of a contrite spirit verse 19 many are the afflictions of the righteous and the Lord delivers him out of them all so you notice these verbs verse 17 he delivers them verse 18 he saves them verse 19 he delivers them And these are people who are in afflictions.

These are people with broken hearts. These are people who are in trouble. So you look at the description, verse 17, we have troubles.

Verse 18, we've got a broken heart. Verse 19, we're afflicted. And what does God do?

Well, verse 17, he delivers. Verse 18, he saves. Verse 19, he delivers.

So, yeah, when we're in our dark spots, Mark is saying, let's look to the Lord and trust in the Lord and remind ourselves of what these verses promise to us. These verses promise to us a Father who saves, who feels our feelings. And we're of a broken heart.

He's near. He understands. and he's the God who brings deliverance and salvation.

So, Mark, thank you for reminding us of the God that we serve, the care he has, and the resources and deliverances he brings that are promised to us in verses 17, 18, and 19. All right, any other comments on this passage? Please come now.

We've got an exam. ZXN. ZXN.

Kevin, please go ahead. KB7 ZXN. Boy, I just love the comments and the thoughts.

This psalm is so, so rich. And you touched on verse 9. I was just.

kind of reflecting on verses 8 through 10 and the personal invitation here you know so many times in apologetics we do certainly present the gospel and the teachings of God and the Bible and rational thought and reason and the evidence presented in it. But I love this invitation here because you also have the invitation to experiencing God personally and closely. And this is just as important as well.

And the opportunity to taste of God, to have the most intimate personal experience, yourself with God. And Peter utilizes this as well. He quotes from this in 1 Peter 2, I think it's verse 3, where he says, continue to taste of God, continue to grow in depth in our experience, our walk with God by that intimate experience personal experiential connection with God.

So yes, you know, studying His Word as we do is so important, but also our walk with God is experiential and grow and mature also in that expression and trust in God as He is. David unpacks here and the praise of that and the faithfulness of God in us. And, you know, as he takes his personal experience of suffering and deliverance and understanding and vice those to share in the praise and worship of God from that.

But it's also a promise continuing going forward, as we've seen, like I said, through the people here and for the people of Israel and, of course, for the people today and throughout the ages. KB7 is that accepted. Amen.

And, you know, if this psalm tells us anything, it tells us that we serve a God who can be trusted, we serve a God who is sensitive to our needs, and we serve a God who loves us and delivers us and supplies our needs. that we have. So, you know, I love the way this psalm closes on a triumphant note.

Verse 21 and 22. Evil shall slay the wicked. The man that hates the righteous shall be desolate.

Verse 22. But the Lord redeems the soul of his servants... And none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.

That's the promise. You trust in the Lord. He's not going to leave you alone.

He's not going to abandon you. You're not going to be desolate. But he takes you into his kingdom.

He takes you into his family. He takes you into his heart. And he is a God who is committed to care for all those.

who trust in him. Kevin, thank you for that closing summary and comment. Well said.

All right, it's time for us to go to prayer now. Before Jerry closes in prayer for us, are there any final prayer requests? Please come down to the call line.

All right, hearing nothing, Jerry. Tom is recovering from his spine surgery in a wheelchair and is doing his daily activities. Clay has leg clumps, ulcer sites, and his legs are low here.

Friends, he needs an electric chair. Electric wheels will be new. to continue dealing with the for full restoration during and terminal also Just like.

Lord, this poor man has also cried a few days. He asked for healing and freedom in PCC. Uh, Lord, give this man strength.

So did Pat, 7th Sheriff. He and his father, Roger, conceived for him. And, for example, Doug, a believer, considered an engineer.

The first thing is, I'm going to ask you to come and see me. Really? See me, so what?

For a little while, I said. What do you see? See, there is a certain idea.

Who prays to Jesus? But God has difficult situations. And I think that God has decisions regarding it.

Where does Jesus have mercy? He has a great intention for managing the church. and I'm just trying to keep the line to be calm.

And we also tried to keep all the doors. The person in the wildfire in the left over there, Mia, she's in the wildfire fight. She sent the first-aid light.

This place is in the state of New Hampshire, and it appears to be under the Now, this is the eastern part of the city. This place is probably here on the 5th or 13th or something like that. It's pretty clear.

Here's the, uh, the U-M-O-1. So, we're only being distributed. Thank you for your support.

and others grieve unhappiness and salvation. Um, as we go through this, I think we've talked about this on the internet, we've been on here two or three times now, and we have to keep existing. and that's what they do.

Jerry, thank you so much for that prayer. I really appreciate that, bringing us before the throne of grace. This is WB7MX, Net Control for the West Coast Bible Study.

I want to thank all the stations who checked in this morning as well as those who stood by to give us a clear operating frequency. We meet here seven days a week at 6 a.m. in order to read the Scriptures, understand their meaning, message, and application to our lives, And then we pray and ask for grace and mercy from God to be able to live out what we've learned and also for God to meet the needs of those that are in our circle of fellowship.

I'll be returning this frequency now to regular amateur use. This is WB7MX. I will be clear and standing by.

Thank you. This is WB7MX, I'll be clear at QRT, we'll see you all tomorrow, God bless each one. I don't think they copied back, or max copied.

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**Psalm 34:1-22**

I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together. I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed. This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them. O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. Fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him. The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing. Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you to fear the LORD. What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good? Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry. The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all. He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken. Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate him shall be desolate. The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.

### Study Summary

Psalm 34 is a powerful testament to the deliverance and protection provided by God. This psalm was written after David's encounter with the Philistines, where he sought refuge and was delivered by God. The themes of continuous praise, divine protection, and trust in God's provision are central to this passage.

The psalm opens with a call to praise and thank God at all times (verse 3). This theme is further emphasized by the idea that those who seek God will find deliverance from fear (verse 4). The passage underscores God's responsiveness to the needy, indicating that He does not despise His people (verse 6). The angel of the Lord is seen as a protector, encamping around those who fear Him (verse 7).

Trust in God is a recurring theme, with the assurance that those who fear Him will not lack (verse 9). The psalm also highlights God's nearness to the brokenhearted and His willingness to save those who are crushed in spirit (verse 18). In times of trouble, God hears the righteous and delivers them (verse 17). The psalm concludes with the promise that God redeems the lives of His servants, ensuring that none who take refuge in Him will be condemned (verse 22).

Throughout the study, the importance of praising God in all circumstances was emphasized. The acrostic nature of the psalm and its messianic elements were discussed, highlighting the psalm's relevance to both historical and contemporary contexts. The group also reflected on the personal experiences of those present, reinforcing the message of God's deliverance and protection in times of need.

The study concluded with a reminder of God's faithfulness and the importance of seeking Him in times of distress. The closing prayer and summary underscored the themes of divine protection, continuous praise, and trust in God's provision, encouraging believers to maintain their faith in Him, regardless of their circumstances. ==========