Psalms 34:10

Study note

Setting — David addresses the community of believers, moving from a general exhortation to fear the LORD (v. 9) into a concrete illustration before turning to direct instruction (v. 11).

The words — דֹרְשֵׁי (dorešei, "those who seek," H1875) carries the sense of active inquiry and pursuit, not passive waiting; it is the hinge that separates the hungry lions from the supplied.

The thread — Psalms 84:11 repeats the "withholds no good thing" language for those who walk uprightly; Matthew 6:32 echoes the contrast between striving after material needs and a Father who knows what is needed; Psalms 104:21 places the same young lions seeking their food from God, showing the creature's dependence is not the same as the covenant community's.

Why it lands — The verse demands that the reader's relationship with Yahweh be active pursuit (dorešei), not a static assumption of provision; it holds up a predator's hunger as the baseline of life apart from that pursuit.

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