Psalms 34:6

This poor man cried,.... Singling out some one person from among the humble, who was remarkably delivered; it is the common case of the people of God to be poor and afflicted, and in their afflictions…

This poor man cried - The psalmist here returns to his own particular experience. The emphasis here is on the word “this:” “This poor, afflicted, persecuted man cried.” There is something much more…

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…

This afflicted man (see note on Psa 9:12) called, and Jehovah heard, and saved him out of all his distresses. Cp. Psa 34:34; Psa 31:7. Does the poet point to himself, or to one here and another there…