What does Psalms 34:8 mean?

O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
Psalms 34:8, King James Version

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The verse in its chapter

Psalms 34:6-10

  1. 6 This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
  2. 7 The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.
  3. 8 O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
  4. 9 O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.
  5. 10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.

Study note

Tyndale Open Study Notes (CC BY-SA 4.0).

34:8-14 The godly encourage everyone to seek wisdom, to fear the Lord, and to place themselves under the protection of the Lord’s angel.

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About the book of Psalms

Author
several authors; 73 psalms bear David's name in the title
When
from the 10th century BC to after the exile
Period
Reino unido, c. 1050 a 930 a.C. (in Portuguese)

Authorship: the book itself or Christian tradition. Approximate dates, as in Carson and Moo, An Introduction to the New Testament, and Longman and Dillard, An Introduction to the Old Testament.

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