Rightful Boasting
W. Jay. Psalm 34:2 My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. We all are prone to boast, and often on very slender grounds. The worst are they who boast of their own goodness. We are to glory only in the Lord. Now such rightful boasting includes the elevation of joyous feeling, and the breaking forth of gratitude and praise. And the humble shall hear thereof. Others would tell them, or, if not, the psalmist himself would. Spiritual sadness seeks seclusion, but not so spiritual freedom and joy. Like the return of health and of day, it says to the prisoners, "Go forth"; to them that are in darkness, "Show yourselves." And the effect of this knowledge would be to make them glad. The Lord's followers are supposed to be mopish and melancholy; but they have a thousand sources of joy which others know not of. (W. Jay.) Parallel Verses KJV: My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. WEB: My soul shall boast in Yahweh. The humble shall hear of it, and be glad.