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4I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.

Psalms 34:4

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.

  • Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

  • I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. …

  • What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.

  • For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-10)

The title of this psalm tells us both who penned it and upon what occasion it was penned. David, being forced to flee from his country, which was made too hot for him by the rage of Saul, sought shelter as near it as he could, in the land of the Philistines. There it was soon discovered who he was, and he was brought before the king, who, in the narrative, is called Achish (his proper name), here…

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