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.
1For David himself. Judge thou, O Lord, them that wrong me: overthrow them that fight against me.
2Take hold of arms and shield: and rise up to help me.
3Bring out the sword, and shut up the way against them that persecute me: say to my soul: I am thy salvation.
4Let them be confounded and ashamed that seek after my soul. Let them be turned back and be confounded that devise against me.
5Let them become as dust before the wind: and let the angel of the Lord straiten them.
6Let their way become dark and slippery; and let the angel of the Lord pursue them.
7For without cause they have hidden their net for me unto destruction: without cause they have upbraided my soul.
8Let the snare which he knoweth not come upon him: and let the net which he hath hidden catch him: and let the net which he hath hidden catch him: and into that very snare let them fall.
9But my soul shall rejoice in the Lord; and shall be delighted in his salvation.
10All my bones shall say: Lord, who is like to thee? Who deliverest the poor from the hand of them that are stronger than he; the needy and the poor from them that strip him.
11Unjust witnesses rising up have asked me things I knew not.
12They repaid me evil for good: to the depriving me of my soul.
13But as for me, when they were troublesome to me, I was clothed with haircloth. I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer shall be turned into my bosom.
14As a neighbour and as an own brother, so did I please: as one mourning and sorrowful so was I humbled.
15But they rejoiced against me, and came together: scourges were gathered together upon me, and I knew not.
16They were separated, and repented not: they tempted me, they scoffed at me with scorn: they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
17Lord, when wilt thou look upon me? rescue thou soul from their malice: my only one from the lions.
18I will give thanks to thee in a great church; I will praise thee in a strong people.
19Let not them that are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: who have hated me without cause, and wink with the eyes.
20For they spoke indeed peaceably to me; and speaking in the anger of the earth they devised guile.
21And they opened their mouth wide against me; they said: Well done, well done, our eyes have seen it.
22Thou hast seen, O Lord, be not thou silent: O Lord, depart not from me.
23Arise, and be attentive to my judgment: to my cause, my God, and my Lord.
24Judge me, O Lord my God according to thy justice, and let them not rejoice over me.
25Let them not say in their hearts: It is well, it is well, to our mind: neither let them say: We have swallowed him up.
26Let them blush: and be ashamed together, who rejoice at my evils. Let them be clothed with confusion and shame, who speak great things against me.
27Let them rejoice and be glad, who are well pleased with my justice, and let them say always: The Lord be magnified, who delights in the peace of his servant.
28Any my tongue shall meditate thy justice, thy praise all the day long.
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