Psalms 34
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# 34 This psalm is a Hebrew acrostic poem; each verse begins with a successive letter of the Hebrew alphabet. A psalm of David, regarding the time he pretended to be insane in front of Abimelech, who sent him away.
1I will praise the Lord at all times.
I will constantly speak his praises.
2I will boast only in the Lord;
let all who are helpless take heart.
3Come, let us tell of the Lord’s greatness;
let us exalt his name together.
4I prayed to the Lord, and he answered me.
He freed me from all my fears.
5Those who look to him for help will be radiant with joy;
no shadow of shame will darken their faces.
6In my desperation I prayed, and the Lord listened;
he saved me from all my troubles.
7For the angel of the Lord is a guard;
he surrounds and defends all who fear him.
8Taste and see that the Lord is good.
Oh, the joys of those who take refuge in him!
9Fear the Lord, you his godly people,
for those who fear him will have all they need.
10Even strong young lions sometimes go hungry,
but those who trust in the Lord will lack no good thing.
11Come, my children, and listen to me,
and I will teach you to fear the Lord.
12Does anyone want to live a life
that is long and prosperous?
13Then keep your tongue from speaking evil
and your lips from telling lies!
14Turn away from evil and do good.
Search for peace, and work to maintain it.
15The eyes of the Lord watch over those who do right;
his ears are open to their cries for help.
16But the Lord turns his face against those who do evil;
he will erase their memory from the earth.
17The Lord hears his people when they call to him for help.
He rescues them from all their troubles.
18The Lord is close to the brokenhearted;
he rescues those whose spirits are crushed.
19The righteous person faces many troubles,
but the Lord comes to the rescue each time.
20For the Lord protects the bones of the righteous;
not one of them is broken!
21Calamity will surely destroy the wicked,
and those who hate the righteous will be punished.
22But the Lord will redeem those who serve him.
No one who takes refuge in him will be condemned.
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Psalms 34
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Psalm 34
A Psalm of David, when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech; who drove him away, and he departed.
Aleph
1¶ I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
Beth
2My soul shall glory in the Lord; the meek shall hear of this, and be glad.
Gimel
3O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together.
Daleth
4I sought the Lord, and he heard me and delivered me from all my fears.
He
5They looked unto him and were lightened, and their faces were not ashamed.
Vau
6This poor man cried out, and the Lord heard him and saved him out of all his troubles.
Zain
7The angel of the Lord encamps round about those that fear him and delivers them.
Cheth
8O taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man that shall trust in him.
Teth
9O fear the Lord, ye his saints; for those that fear him lack nothing.
Jod
10The young lions do lack and suffer hunger, but those that seek the Lord shall not lack any good thing.
Caph
11¶ Come, ye children, hearken unto me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
Lamed
12Who is the man that desires life and loves many days that he may see good?
Mem
13Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
Nun
14Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
Samech
15The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.
Ain
16The anger of the Lord is against those that do evil to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
Pe
17 The righteous cried out, and the Lord heard and delivered them out of all their troubles.
Tzaddi
18The Lord is near unto those that are of a broken heart and saves such as are of a contrite spirit.
Koph
19Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord shall deliver him out of them all,
Resh
20keeping all his bones; not one of them shall be broken.
Schin
21Evil shall slay the wicked; and those that hate the righteous shall be declared guilty.
Tau
22The Lord ransoms the soul of his slaves, and none of those that trust in him shall be declared guilty.
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