Psalm 34

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Taste and See That the LORD Is Good

¹Of David, when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech,^a so that the king drove him away.^b

I will bless the LORD at all times;

His praise will always be on my lips.

¹Of David, in his changing his behavior before Abimelech, and he drove him off, and he went. I will bless YHWH at every time; His praise is continually in my mouth.

²My soul boasts in the LORD;

let the oppressed hear and rejoice.

²In YHWH my soul boasts; let the humble hear and be glad.

³Magnify the LORD with me;

let us exalt His name together.

³Magnify YHWH with me, and let us exalt His name together.

⁴I sought the LORD, and He answered me;

He delivered me from all my fears.

⁴I sought YHWH, and He answered me, and He snatched me up from all my fears.

⁵Those who look to Him are radiant with joy;

their faces shall never be ashamed.

⁵They looked toward Him, and they shone, and their faces were not ashamed.

⁶This poor man called out, and the LORD heard him;

He saved him from all his troubles.

⁶This poor one called out, and YHWH heard, and from all his troubles He saved him.

⁷The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him,

and he delivers them.

⁷The angel of YHWH encamps all around those who fear Him, and he rescues them.

⁸Taste and see that the LORD is good;

blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!

⁸Taste and see that YHWH is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him.

⁹Fear the LORD, you His saints,

for those who fear Him lack nothing.

⁹Fear YHWH, His holy ones, for There is no lack for those fearing Him.

¹⁰Young lions go lacking and hungry,

but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.

¹⁰The young lions are in want and are hungry, and those seeking YHWH shall not lack any good thing.

¹¹Come, children, listen to me;

I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

¹¹Come, my sons, listen to me; the fear of YHWH I will teach you.

¹²Who is the man who delights in life,

who desires to see good days?

¹²Who is the man desiring life, loving days, that he may see good?

¹³Keep your tongue from evil

and your lips from deceitful speech.

¹³Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.

¹⁴Turn away from evil and do good;

seek peace and pursue it.

¹⁴Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

¹⁵The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous,

and His ears are inclined to their cry.^a

¹⁵The eyes of YHWH are toward the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.

¹⁶But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil,^a

to wipe out all memory of them from the earth.

¹⁶The face of YHWH is against those doing evil, to cut off from the earth their memory.

¹⁷The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears;

He delivers them from all their troubles.

¹⁷They cry out, and YHWH hears, and He delivers them from all their troubles.

¹⁸The LORD is near to the brokenhearted;

He saves the contrite in spirit.

¹⁸Near is YHWH to the broken of heart, and He saves those crushed in spirit.

¹⁹Many are the afflictions of the righteous,

but the LORD delivers him from them all.

¹⁹Many are are the afflictions of a righteous one, but from them all YHWH delivers him.

²⁰He protects all his bones;

not one of them will be broken.^a

²⁰He guards all his bones; not one of them is broken.

²¹Evil will slay the wicked,

and the haters of the righteous will be condemned.

²¹Evil will kill the wicked, and those hating a righteous one will be held guilty.

²²The LORD redeems His servants,

and none who take refuge in Him will be condemned.

²²YHWH redeems the soul of His servants, and not any of those taking refuge in Him will be condemned.