Teks -- Psalms 34:9 (NET)

34:9 Remain loyal to the Lord, you chosen people of his, for his loyal followers lack nothing!

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Wesley: Psa 34:9 - Fear

Reverence, serve, and trust him: for fear is commonly put for all the parts of God's worship.

JFB: Psa 34:9 - that fear him

Who are pious--fear and love (Pro 1:7; Pro 9:10).

JFB: Psa 34:9 - saints

Consecrated to His service (Isa 40:31).

Clarke: Psa 34:9 - There is no want to them that fear him

There is no want to them that fear him - He who truly fears God loves him; and he who loves God obeys him, and to him who fears, loves, and obeys God, there can be no want of things essential to his happiness, whether spiritual or temporal, for this life or for that which is to come. This verse is wanting in the Syriac.

Calvin: Psa 34:9 - Fear Jehovah, ye his saints

9.Fear Jehovah, ye his saints Here the people of God are exhorted to the pursuit of holiness and righteousness, that they may open up a channel for divine blessings. We know that men are accustomed to provide for their wants, by resorting to fraud, plunder, and even to wrongful violence. Nor is it possible but that the faithful must feel some stirrings of a desire to imitate the wicked, and envy them in some degree in their prosperity, so that they permit themselves sometimes to howl among the wolves. And although they voluntarily abstain from all wrongful violence, yet the common way of living among those around them carries them away like a tempest; and, in the meantime, they think that the plea of necessity is sufficient to excuse them. David represses, as with a bridle, these temptations, promising that all will be well with the people of God, provided they keep themselves in the fear of God, which he opposes to all wicked and deceitful counsels; because the greater part of men reckon those to be fools who aim at simplicity, since in so doing they do not consult their own interests and profit. While, therefore, ungodly men are afraid of poverty, and carnal reason urges them to attempt whatever their fancy may suggest for keeping themselves from it, David here testifies that God takes care of the godly, so that he never suffers them to be in want. Let no fear or distrust, says he, withdraw you from the pursuit of what is right, because God never forsakes those who walk righteously before him. The Psalmist, therefore, bids them yield to God the honor of expecting more from him alone than the wicked expect from their deceitful traffic and unlawful practices. Moreover, as iniquity rages with unbridled fury everywhere throughout the world, he calls expressly upon the saints to be on their guard, because he would be of no service to the promiscuous multitude. It is a sentiment contrary to the generally received opinion among men, that while the integrity of the good and simple is exposed to the will of the wicked, there should yet be greater security in integrity than in all the resources of fraud and injustice. There is, therefore, no inconsistency in his admonishing the saints who, of their own accord, are endeavoring to walk uprightly, not to depart from the fear of God; for we know how easily the light of piety may be obscured and extinguished, when there appears no hope of living happily and prosperously, except in the pursuit of the world and its enticing pleasures.

TSK: Psa 34:9 - fear // for

fear : Psa 22:23, Psa 31:23, Psa 89:7; Gen 22:12; Isa 8:13, Isa 8:14; Hos 3:5; Rev 15:3, Rev 15:4

for : Psa 23:1; Luk 12:30-32; Rom 8:32; 1Co 3:22, 1Co 3:23; Phi 4:19

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Poole: Psa 34:9

i.e. Reverence and serve him, and trust in him; for fear is commonly put for all the parts of God’ s worship.

Haydock: Psa 34:9 - Salvation

Salvation. In the midst of troubles he is not devoid of hope, and after his deliverance he looks for eternal happiness. (Worthington)

Gill: Psa 34:9 - O fear the Lord, ye his saints // for there is no want to them that fear him

O fear the Lord, ye his saints,.... Who are sanctified by his Spirit, and so are openly and manifestly his; these are exhorted to fear the Lord with reverence and godly fear; and great reason there is why they should fear him, since he is King of saints, and fear is due to him from them; and seeing they have received many instances of grace and goodness from him, and therefore should fear him for his goodness's sake; and besides they, and they only, know him, and have the grace of fear in them, and so only can exercise it on him;

for there is no want to them that fear him; not in spirituals, since so much goodness is laid up for them; the heart of God is towards them, his secret is with them, his eye is upon them, and the sun of righteousness arises on them; and both grace and glory are given to them; nor in temporals, since godliness, or the fear of God, has the promise of this life, as well as of that which is to come.