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Oh taste and see that Yahweh is good. Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.
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Faith is an Experience
Commentators unanimously explain that "taste and see" is an invitation to experience God's goodness personally, not just to believe it intellectually. Like trying a food for the first time, faith involves a direct, personal trial. As Charles Spurgeon notes, the order is crucial: we are invited to "taste" first, and through that experience, we come to "see" and understand God's goodness more fully.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
O taste and see - This is an address to others, founded on the psalmist's experience. He had found protection from the Lord, had ev…
19th Century
Anglican
Taste. Compare Hebrews 6:4; 1 Peter 2:3.
Baptist
O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusts in him. (Psalms 34:8)
That is the language of exp…
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16th Century
Protestant
Taste and see that Jehovah is good. In this verse, the Psalmist indirectly reproves people for their dullness in not perceiving the goodne…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
O taste, and see that the Lord [is] good He is essentially, infinitely, perfectly, immutably, and solely good in himself; and …
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…
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13th Century
Catholic
1. The title is a psalm of David, when he changed his countenance before Abimelech, who dismissed him, and he went his way.<…