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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 Brenton's Septuagint Translation</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" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/psalms/34-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">Brenton</a> > Psalm 34</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a 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">Brenton's Septuagint Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/psalms/34-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Taste and See That the LORD Is Good<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><font color=blue>(33:1)</font> <i>A Psalm</i> of David, when he changed his countenance before Abimelech; and he let him go, and he departed. I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall be continually in my mouth.<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><font color=blue>(33:2)</font> My soul shall boast herself in the Lord: let the meek hear, and rejoice.<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><font color=blue>(33:3)</font> Magnify ye the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together.<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><font color=blue>(33:4)</font> I sought the Lord diligently, and he hearkened to me, and delivered me from all my sojournings.<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><font color=blue>(33:5)</font> Draw near to him, and be enlightened: and your faces shall not <i>by any means</i> be ashamed.<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><font color=blue>(33:6)</font> This poor man cried, and the Lord hearkened to him, and delivered him out of all his afflictions.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><font color=blue>(33:7)</font> The angel of the Lord will encamp round about them that fear him, and will deliver them.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><font color=blue>(33:8)</font> Taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man who hopes in him.<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><font color=blue>(33:9)</font> Fear the Lord, all ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><font color=blue>(33:10)</font> The rich have become poor and hungry: but they that seek the Lord diligently shall not want any good thing. Pause.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><font color=blue>(33:11)</font> Come, ye children, hear me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><font color=blue>(33:12)</font> What man is there that desires life, loving to see good days?<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><font color=blue>(33:13)</font> Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><font color=blue>(33:14)</font> Turn away from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><font color=blue>(33:15)</font> The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears <i>are open</i> to their prayer:<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><font color=blue>(33:16)</font> but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to destroy their memorial from the earth. The righteous cried, and the Lord hearkened to them,<p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><font color=blue>(33:17)</font> and delivered them out of all their afflictions.<p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><font color=blue>(33:18)</font> The Lord is near to them that are of a contrite heart; and will save the lowly in spirit.<p> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><font color=blue>(33:19)</font> Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but out of them all Lord will deliver them.<p> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><font color=blue>(33:20)</font> He keeps all their bones: not one of them shall be broken.<p> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><font color=blue>(33:21)</font> The death of sinners is evil: and they that hate righteousness will go wrong.<p> <A name=""></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><font color=blue>(33:22)</font> The Lord will redeem the souls of his servants: and none of those that hope in him shall go wrong.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The English translation of The Septuagint by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton (1851)<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../psalms/33.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 33"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 33" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../psalms/35.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 35"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 35" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>