My God and My Country

A Study of Psalm Thirty Four

Verse Six

6 This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

Brethren:

As we've noted in our previous studies, one of the things that our Lord takes great pleasure in is our praises; the sacrifice of our lips. This means from the greatest to the least of us. (Read Hebrews 13:15). As such, He is quick to hear our cries, our petitions and act upon them.

“These here spoken of, that looked unto God, had their expectations raised, and the event did not frustrate them: Their faces were not ashamed of their confidence. But perhaps these also were persons of great eminence, like David himself, and upon that account were highly favoured, or their numbers made them considerable. Nay, 'This poor man cried', a single person, mean and inconsiderable, whom no man looked upon with any respect or looked after with any concern yet he was as welcome to the throne of grace as David or any of his worthies.” - Matthew Henry