Psalm 34- 1
- Psalm 34 Of David. When he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he left. [1]
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- I will extol the LORD at all times; his praise will always be on my lips.
- 2
- My soul will boast in the LORD; let the afflicted hear and rejoice.
- 3
- Glorify the LORD with me; let us exalt his name together.
- 4
- I sought the LORD, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears.
- 5
- Those who look to him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame.
- 6
- This poor man called, and the LORD heard him; he saved him out of all his troubles.
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- The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him, and he delivers them.
- 8
- Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.
- 9
- Fear the LORD, you his saints, for those who fear him lack nothing.
- 10
- The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.
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- Come, my children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
- 12
- Whoever of you loves life and desires to see many good days,
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- keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking lies.
- 14
- Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
- 15
- The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their cry;
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- the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to cut off the memory of them from the earth.
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- The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles.
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- The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
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- A righteous man may have many troubles, but the LORD delivers him from them all;
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- he protects all his bones, not one of them will be broken.
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- Evil will slay the wicked; the foes of the righteous will be condemned.
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- The LORD redeems his servants; no one will be condemned who takes refuge in him.
- This psalm is an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.