Psalms 34
34
PSALM 34
Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
A Psalm of David, when he changed his behavior before Abimelech; who drove him away, and he departed.
1God will I bless all times; his praise
my mouth shall still express.
2My soul shall boast in God: the meek
shall hear with joyfulness.
3Extol the Lord with me, let us
exalt his name together.
4I sought the Lord, he heard, and did
me from all fears deliver.
5They look'd to him, and lighten'd were:
not shamed were their faces.
6This poor man cry'd, God heard, and sav'd
him from all his distresses.
7The angel of the Lord encamps,
and round encompasseth
All those about that do him fear,
and them delivereth.
8O taste and see that God is good:
who trusts in him is bless'd.
9Fear God his saints: none that him fear
shall be with want oppress'd.
10The lions young may hungry be,
and they may lack their food:
But they that truly seek the Lord
shall not lack any good.
11O children, hither do ye come,
and unto me give ear;
I shall you teach to understand
how ye the Lord should fear.
12What man is he that life desires,
to see good would live long?
13Thy lips refrain from speaking guile,
and from ill words thy tongue.
14Depart from ill, do good, seek peace,
pursue it earnestly.
15God's eyes are on the just; his ears
are open to their cry.
16The face of God is set against
those that do wickedly,
That he may quite out from the earth
cut off their memory.
17The righteous cry unto the Lord,
he unto them gives ear;
And they out of their troubles all
by him deliver'd are.
18The Lord is ever nigh to them
that be of broken sp'rit;
To them he safety doth afford
that are in heart contrite.
19The troubles that afflict the just
in number many be;
But yet at length out of them all
the Lord doth set him free.
20He carefully his bones doth keep,
whatever can befall;
That not so much as one of them
can broken be at all.
21Ill shall the wicked slay; laid waste
shall be who hate the just.
22The Lord redeems his servants' souls;
none perish that him trust.
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Psalms 34
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PSALM 34
1 To David, when he changed his mouth, or his word, before Abimelech, and he drove out David, and he went forth. [The psalm of David, when he changed his cheer before Abimelech, and he let him go, and he went away.] I shall bless the Lord in all time; ever[more] his praising be in my mouth.
2My soul shall be praised in the Lord; mild men hear, and be glad.
3Magnify ye the Lord with me; and enhance we his name into itself.
4I sought the Lord, and he heard me; and he delivered me from all my tribulations.
5Nigh ye to him, and be ye lighten-ed; and your faces shall not be shamed.
6This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him; and saved him from all his tribulations.
7The angel of the Lord sendeth in the compass of men dreading him; and he shall deliver them.
8Taste ye, and see, for the Lord is sweet; blessed is the man, that hopeth in him.
9All ye holy men of the Lord, dread ye him; for no neediness is to men dreading him.
10Rich men were needy, and were hungry; but men that seek the Lord shall not fail of all good.
11Come, ye sons, hear ye me; I shall teach you the dread of the Lord.
12Who is the man, that willeth or desireth life; that loveth to see good days?
13Forbid thy tongue from evil; and thy lips speak not guile.
14Turn thou away from evil, and do good; seek thou peace, and perfectly pursue thou it.
15The eyes of the Lord be on just [or rightwise] men; and his ears be to their prayers.
16But the cheer of the Lord is on men doing evils; that he lose the mind the memory of them from [the] earth.
17Just [or rightwise] men cried, and the Lord heard them; and delivered them from all their tribulations.
18The Lord is nigh [to] them that be of troubled heart; and he shall save meek men in spirit.
19Many tribulations be of just [or rightwise] men; and the Lord shall deliver them from all these [or them].
20The Lord keepeth all the bones of them; one of those [or them] shall not be broken.
21The death of sinners is worst; and they that hate a just [or rightwise] man shall trespass.
22The Lord shall again-buy the souls of his servants; and all, that hope in him, shall not trespass.
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