Psalms 34 Footnotes

Ps 34 This is an acrostic psalm of confidence, successive lines beginning with the next letter of the Hebrew alphabet. The superscription’s mention of Abimelech is a reference to Achish, king of Gath (1Sm 21:10-15).

34:20 In his Gospel, John saw this passage fulfilled in Christ who, even though dead on the cross, did not have one of his bones broken (Jn 19:33-36). The Father so guarded the death of his Son that he made the perfect sacrifice, that of the unblemished Lamb of God (Jn 1:29).