Psalms 34:10 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 34:10

Young lions go lacking and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.

BSB

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ASV

The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger; But they that seek Jehovah shall not want any good thing.

KJV

The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.

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Commentary

3 voices

Basil of Caesarea

HOMILIES ON THE PSALMS 16:7 (PS 34) (379)

Wealth is unstable and like a wave accustomed to change hither and thither by the violence of the wind.… God himself is absolute Good, and they who seek him will not be without him.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger,.... According to Apollinarius, "the needy rich, whom famine presses;'' see Job 4:10; but they that seek the Lord; by prayer, diligently, with their whole heart, and in the sincerity of their souls; the Targum is, "that seek the doctrine of the Lord"; that seek instruction from him, and to be taught by him: these shall not want any good thing: which God has purposed to bestow upon them, which he has promised unto them, and provided for them; nor any thing that shall be for their good.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 2 (1870)

The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger. They are fierce, cunning, strong, in all the vigour of youth, and yet they sometimes howl in their ravenous hunger, and even so crafty, designing, and oppressing men, with all their sagacity and unscrupulousness, often come to want; yet simple minded believers, who dare not act as the greedy lions of earth, are fed with food convenient for them. To trust God is better policy than the craftiest politicians can teach or practice. But they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כְּ֭פִירִים	Ke.fi.rim	young lions	H3715 →
רָשׁ֣וּ	ra.Shu	they are in want	H7326 →
וְרָעֵ֑בוּ	ve.ra.'E.vu	and they are hungry	H7456 →
וְדֹרְשֵׁ֥י	ve.do.re.Shei	and [those who] seek	H1875 →
יְ֝הוָ֗ה	Yah.weh	<of> Yahweh	H3068 →
לֹא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
יַחְסְר֥וּ	yach.se.Ru	they lack	H2637 →
כָל־	khol-	any	H3605 →
טֽוֹב׃	Tov	good [thing]	H2896 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 84:11
For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
leads to
- Psalms 34:9–10
  Fear the LORD, you His saints, for those who fear Him lack nothing.
- Proverbs 2:7
  He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk with integrity,
- Matthew 6:33
  But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
- Philippians 4:19
  And my God will supply all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
- Psalms 85:12
  The LORD will indeed provide what is good, and our land will yield its increase.
Through
Matthew 6:32
For the Gentiles strive after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
leads to
- Matthew 6:8
  Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.
- Luke 12:30
  For the Gentiles of the world strive after all these things, and your Father knows that you need them.
- Ephesians 4:17
  So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Psalms

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Psalms