Psalm 34

Taste and See That the Lord Is Good

Of David, when he changed his behavior before Abimelech, so that he drove him out, and he went away.

¹I will bless the Lord at all times;

his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

²My soul makes its boast in the Lord;

let the humble hear and be glad.

³Oh, magnify the Lord with me,

and let us exalt his name together!

⁴I sought the Lord, and he answered me

and delivered me from all my fears.

⁵Those who look to him are radiant,

and their faces shall never be ashamed.

⁶This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him

and saved him out of all his troubles.

⁷The angel of the Lord encamps

around those who fear him, and delivers them.

⁸Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good!

Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!

⁹Oh, fear the Lord, you his saints,

for those who fear him have no lack!

¹⁰The young lions suffer want and hunger;

but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.

¹¹Come, O children, listen to me;

I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

¹²What man is there who desires life

and loves many days, that he may see good?

¹³Keep your tongue from evil

and your lips from speaking deceit.

¹⁴Turn away from evil and do good;

seek peace and pursue it.

¹⁵The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous

and his ears toward their cry.

¹⁶The face of the Lord is against those who do evil,

to cut off the memory of them from the earth.

¹⁷When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears

and delivers them out of all their troubles.

¹⁸The Lord is near to the brokenhearted

and saves the crushed in spirit.

¹⁹Many are the afflictions of the righteous,

but the Lord delivers him out of them all.

²⁰He keeps all his bones;

not one of them is broken.

²¹Affliction will slay the wicked,

and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.

²²The Lord redeems the life of his servants;

none of those who take refuge in him will be condemned.