Psalmen 34

1. ¹A Psalm of David; when he changed his demeanour before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed.
2. ²I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth.
3. ³My soul shall glory in the LORD; the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.
4. ⁴O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt His name together.
5. ⁵I sought the LORD, and He answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.
6. ⁶They looked unto Him, and were radiant; and their faces shall never be abashed.
7. ⁷This poor man cried, and the LORD heard, and saved him out of all his troubles.
8. ⁸The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear Him, and delivereth them.
9. ⁹O consider and see that the LORD is good; happy is the man that taketh refuge in Him.
10. ¹⁰O fear the LORD, ye His holy ones; for there is no want to them that fear Him.
11. ¹¹The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger; but they that seek the LORD want not any good thing.
12. ¹²Come, ye children, hearken unto me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
13. ¹³Who is the man that desireth life, and loveth days, that he may see good therein?
14. ¹⁴Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
15. ¹⁵Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
16. ¹⁶The eyes of the LORD are toward the righteous, and His ears are open unto their cry.
17. ¹⁷The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
18. ¹⁸They cried, and the LORD heard, and delivered them out of all their troubles.
19. ¹⁹The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, and saveth such as are of a contrite spirit.
20. ²⁰Many are the ills of the righteous, but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
21. ²¹He keepeth all his bones; not one of them is broken.
22. ²²Evil shall kill the wicked; and they that hate the righteous shall be held guilty.
23. ²³The LORD redeemeth the soul of His servants; and none of them that take refuge in Him shall be desolate.

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