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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Psalm 34 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/psalms/34.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" 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href="../psalms/33.htm" title="Psalm 33">◄</a> Psalm 34 <a href="../psalms/35.htm" title="Psalm 35">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/psalms/34.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Taste and See That the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> Is Good</p><subheading class="psalm-title"><span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="This psalm is an acrostic poem, each verse beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet">a</a></sup></span> Of David, when he changed his behavior before Abimelech, so that he drove him out, and he went away.</subheading><span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/34-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">I will bless the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> at all times;</span><br /><span class="indent">his praise shall continually be in my mouth.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/34-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">My soul makes its boast in the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>;</span><br /><span class="indent">let the humble hear and be glad.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/34-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Oh, magnify the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> with me,</span><br /><span class="indent">and let us exalt his name together!</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/34-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">I sought the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, and he answered me</span><br /><span class="indent">and delivered me from all my fears.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/34-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Those who look to him are radiant,</span><br /><span class="indent">and their faces shall never be ashamed.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/34-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">This poor man cried, and the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> heard him</span><br /><span class="indent">and saved him out of all his troubles.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/34-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The angel of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> encamps</span><br /><span class="indent">around those who fear him, and delivers them.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/34-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Oh, taste and see that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> is good!</span><br /><span class="indent">Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/34-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Oh, fear the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, you his saints,</span><br /><span class="indent">for those who fear him have no lack!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/34-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The young lions suffer want and hunger;</span><br /><span class="indent">but those who seek the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> lack no good thing.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/34-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Come, O children, listen to me;</span><br /><span class="indent">I will teach you the fear of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/34-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">What man is there who desires life</span><br /><span class="indent">and loves many days, that he may see good?</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/34-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Keep your tongue from evil</span><br /><span class="indent">and your lips from speaking deceit.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/34-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Turn away from evil and do good;</span><br /><span class="indent">seek peace and pursue it.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/34-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The eyes of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> are toward the righteous</span><br /><span class="indent">and his ears toward their cry.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/34-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The face of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> is against those who do evil,</span><br /><span class="indent">to cut off the memory of them from the earth.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/34-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">When the righteous cry for help, the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> hears</span><br /><span class="indent">and delivers them out of all their troubles.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/34-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> is near to the brokenhearted</span><br /><span class="indent">and saves the crushed in spirit.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/34-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Many are the afflictions of the righteous,</span><br /><span class="indent">but the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> delivers him out of them all.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/34-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">He keeps all his bones;</span><br /><span class="indent">not one of them is broken.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/34-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Affliction will slay the wicked,</span><br /><span class="indent">and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/34-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> redeems the life of his servants;</span><br /><span class="indent">none of those who take refuge in him will be condemned.</span></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> This psalm is an acrostic poem, each verse beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet<br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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