Both the unrighteous and the righteous experience affliction, but God's purpose in and through it is not the same.

We're not exempt from troubles in this life. But if we cry to the Lord for help, He will strengthen us to endure. Our trials will not defeat us.

Life's trials are all around us. But Psalm 34 offers truth that turns what could be immobilizing, debilitating sadness into powerful hope and joy.

Everyone wants "the good life." But we'll never achieve it if we don't understand God's definition of what the good life is.

Suffering requires an anchor far stronger than our own emotions or present experiences.

David could praise God, even while he ran from King Saul, because he knew God's faithfulness in the past and he trusted His promises for the future.