King James Version
What Does Psalms 34:10 Mean?
“The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.”
Context
8
O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
9
O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.
10
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.
11
Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
12
What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(10) **Young lions.**—See Note, Psalm 17:12. The young lion is the emblem of power and self-resource. Yet these sometimes lack, but the earnest seekers after Divine truth and righteousness never. Instead of “lions,” the LXX. and Vulgate have “the rich.”
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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