PSALM 34
A Psalm of David, when he
changed his behaviour before Abimelecha; who drove him away,
and he departed.
1 I will
bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in
my mouth. 2 My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble
shall hear thereof, and be glad. 3 O magnify the LORD with
me, and let us exalt his name together. 4 I sought the LORD, and
he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. 5 They looked
unto him, and were lightenedb: and their faces were not ashamed.
6 This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him
out of all his troubles. 7 The angel of the LORD encampeth round
about them that fear him, and delivereth them. 8 O taste and see
that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in
him. 9 O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want
to them that fear him. 10 The young lions do lack, and suffer
hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.
11Come, ye
children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD. 12
What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days,
that he may see good? 13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips
from speaking guile. 14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace,
and pursue it. 15 The eyes of the LORD are upon the
righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry. 16 The
face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the
remembrance of them from the earth. 17 The righteous cry,
and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. 18
The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such
as be of a contrite spirit. 19 Many are the afflictions of
the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all. 20 He
keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken. 21 Evil shall
slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolatec.
22 The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them
that trust in him shall be desolated.
The Holy Bible
King James Version
The Holy Bible : King James Version. 1995. Oak
Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.
a
Abimelech: or, Achish
b
were lightened: or, they flowed unto him
c
desolate: or, guilty
d
desolate: or, guilty
