Psalms 34:2
Take hold of weapons and a shield, and rise up in assistance to me.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.
In Context
1Of David himself. O Lord, judge those who harm me; assail those who attack me.
Cross References
Job 1:21and he said, “Naked I departed from my mother’s womb, and naked I shall return. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away. Just as it pleased the Lord, so has it been done. Blessed be the name of the Lord.”
Psalms 32:5He loves mercy and judgment. The earth is full of the mercy of the Lord.
Psalms 105:3Blessed are those who keep judgment and who do justice at all times.
Psalms 142:7O Lord, heed me quickly. My spirit has grown faint. Do not turn your face away from me, lest I become like those who descend into the pit.
Jeremiah 9:24But he who glories should glory in this: to know me and to know me well. For I am the Lord, who accomplishes mercy and judgment and justice upon the earth. For these things are pleasing to me, says the Lord.
2 Corinthians 10:17But whoever glories, let him glory in the Lord.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 34:2-11
Praise and Thanksgiving. 1 I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. 2 My soul shall make her boast in the Lord : the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. 3 O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together. 4 I sought the Lord , and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. 5 They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed. 6 This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. 7 The angel of… Read the whole commentary →