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- Psalms
- Chapter 34
- Verse 5
They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.
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Gill's Exposition
They looked to him, and were lightened,.... That is, "the humble" ones, Psa 34:2; and so this is a reason why they should join in praising and magnifying the Lord; these "looked" up to God in prayer…
Barnes' Notes
They looked unto him - That is, they who were with the psalmist. He was not alone when he fled to Abimelech; and the meaning here is, that each one of those who were with him looked to God, and found…
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…
Such experience of Jehovah's help is not limited to the Psalmist.
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