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Your Testimony Matters
Commentators like Charles Spurgeon emphasize that this verse is a powerful model for personal testimony. David isn't just recounting history; he's publicly praising God for a specific answer to prayer. Believers are encouraged to do the same—to share their own stories of seeking the Lord and being delivered. This personal proof of a prayer-hearing God can encourage fellow believers and witness to skeptics.
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Psalms
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 34:4
18th Century
Theologian
I sought the Lord, and he heard me - That is, on the occasion referred to in the psalm, when he was exposed to the persecutions of …
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 34:3–4
19th Century
Preacher
And let us exalt his name together. I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.
There is nothing that i…
John Calvin
On Psalms 34:4
16th Century
Theologian
I sought Jehovah, and he answered me. The Psalmist here explains more plainly and more fully what he had said concerning joy. In the first…
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John Gill
On Psalms 34:4
17th Century
Pastor
I sought the Lord, and he heard me
Not that he sought the Lord publicly in his house and ordinances, for he was now …
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 34:1–10
17th Century
Minister
If we hope to spend eternity in praising God, it is fitting that we should spend much of our time here in this work. He never said to anyone, S…