Psalm 34: Fear of God or Man?

About this episode

The episode explores the tension between fearing God and fearing man as illustrated in Psalm 34.

David says, "I will teach you the fear of the LORD." But the moment behind Psalm 34 shows him afraid of a pagan king. So what is this psalm actually teaching—fear of God or fear of man?

Topics covered

• fear of God
• fear of man
• Psalm 34
• David
• spiritual teaching

Keywords

• Psalm 34
• fear of God
• fear of man
• David
• spirituality

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: pagan king

Books & works: Psalm 34

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