Psalms 34:10

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…

The young lions do lack and suffer hunger - That is, they often do it, as compared with the friends of God. The allusion is especially to the “young” lions who are not able to go forth themselves in…

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…

The young lions Best understood literally, not as a metaphor for the rich (LXX πλούσιοι, though possibly from a different reading), or powerful oppressors (Psa 35:17). The sense is that the strongest…