Bible Discussion Thread

Psalm 34. It seems in this Psalm from interpretations that I am reading; that Amimilech was a sort of "generic" name for the Philistine's priest; whose name was "Achish". That explains why the Abimelech mentioned to be David's ally; and someone against Saul who had given him the sword that killed Goliath some time back was probably someone else.

At any rate; David feigned madness in order to escape what he surmised as enemies that wanted him dead or imprisoned. "This poor man" in verse 6 would of course be referring to David himself.

Verse 7 gives a promise of the "angel of the Lord" encamping around the rightous; and apparently there are about 100 verses on that subject (some of which such as Joshua represent a "Christophene" or a preincarnate manifestation of Christ. Once again verse 7 and verse 11 we see benefits as in other passages for those who fear the Lord; and verse 8 discusses the "trust" issue. Verse 10 repeats the same idea in Psalm 37 on the righteous always having bread.

Verse 18 repeats the Psalm 51 idea of a "broken and contrite spirit". Verses 16 and 21 contrast the fate of the wicked to the righteous; another repeated theme in scripture overall; particularly in the O.T. Finally; verse 20 about "keeping all his bones" is prophetic to Christ on the cross shown in most detail in Psalm 22.