Psalms 34
Taste and See That the LORD Is Good
Of David, when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, so that the king drove him away.
1My soul boasts in the LORD; let the oppressed hear and rejoice.2Magnify the LORD with me; let us exalt His name together.
3I sought the LORD, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears.
4Those who look to Him are radiant with joy; their faces shall never be ashamed.
5This poor man called out, and the LORD heard him; He saved him from all his troubles.
6The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, and he delivers them.
7Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!
8Fear the LORD, you His saints, for those who fear Him lack nothing.
9Young lions go lacking and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.
10Come, children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
11Who is the man who delights in life, who desires to see good days?
12Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech.
13Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
14The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.
15But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to wipe out all memory of them from the earth.
16The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears; He delivers them from all their troubles.
17The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.
18Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all.
19He protects all his bones; not one of them will be broken.
20Evil will slay the wicked, and the haters of the righteous will be condemned.
21The LORD redeems His servants, and none who take refuge in Him will be condemned.