Psalms 34
34
# 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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Tehillim 34
34
(Of Dovid, when he feigned insanity before Avimelech, who drove him away, and he went out)
1 I will make a bracha of praise unto Hashem at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth.
2 My nefesh shall make its boast in Hashem; the anavim (humble) shall hear thereof, and be glad.
3 O magnify Hashem with me, and let us exalt Shmo together.
4 I sought Hashem, and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.
5 They looked unto Him, and were radiant; and their panim were not ashamed.
6 The oni (poor man) cried, and Hashem heard him, and saved him out of all his tzoros.
7 The Malach Hashem encampeth round about them that fear Him, and delivereth them.
8 O taste and see that Hashem is tov; ashrei is the man that taketh refuge in Him.
9 O fear Hashem, ye His Kedoshim; for there is no lack to them that fear Him.
10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger; but they that seek Hashem shall not lack any good thing.
11 Come, ye banim, pay heed unto me; I will teach you the fear of Hashem.
12 What ish is he that desireth chayyim, and loveth many days, that he may see tov?
13 Keep thy tongue from rah, and thy lips from speaking mirmah.#34:13 guile, see Isa 53:9 where it says Moshiach will lack mirmah
14 Depart from rah, and do tov; seek shalom, and pursue it.
15 The eyes of Hashem are upon the tzaddikim, and His ears open to their cry.
16 The face of Hashem is against them that do rah, to cut off the zekher (remembrance) of them from ha'aretz.
17 The tzaddikim cry, and Hashem heareth, and delivereth them out of all their tzoros.
18 Hashem is near unto them whose lev is broken; and saveth such whose ruach is contrite.
19 Many are the afflictions of the tzaddik; but Hashem delivereth him out of them all.
20 He keepeth shomer over all his bones; not one of them is broken.#34:20 Jn 19:36
21 Evil shall slay the resha'im; and they that hate the tzaddik shall be desolate.
22 Hashem redeemeth the nefesh of His avadim; and none of them that take refuge in Him shall be condemned.#34:22 See Ro 5:1; 8:1
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