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width="99%" valign="top">New King James Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nkjv/kjv/psalms/34.shtml" style=color:#001320 title=Parallel Chapters> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"> <h3>The Happiness of Those Who Trust in God</span></h3><h4 class="psalm-title"><span class="text Ps-34-1"><i>A Psalm</i> of David when he pretended madness before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed.</span></h4><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="chapter-2"><span class="text Ps-34-1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/34-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>I will bless the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> at all times;</span></span><br /><span class="text Ps-34-1">His praise <i>shall</i> continually <i>be</i> in my mouth.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/34-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>My soul shall make its boast in the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-34-2">The humble shall hear <i>of it</i> and be glad.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/34-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Oh, magnify the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> with me,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-34-3">And let us exalt His name together.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/34-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>I sought the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>, and He heard me,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-34-4">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>They looked to Him and were radiant,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-34-5">And their faces were not ashamed.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/34-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>This poor man cried out, and the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> heard <i>him,</i></span><br /><span class="text Ps-34-6">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>The <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[a]</a></span>angel of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> encamps all around those who fear Him,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-34-7">And delivers them.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/34-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Oh, taste and see that the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> <i>is</i> good;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-34-8">Blessed <i>is</i> the man <i>who</i> trusts in Him!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/34-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Oh, fear the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>, you His saints!</span><br /><span class="text Ps-34-9"><i>There is</i> no <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[b]</a></span>want to those who fear Him.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/34-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The young lions lack and suffer hunger;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-34-10">But those who seek the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> shall not lack any good <i>thing.</i></span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/34-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Come, you children, listen to me;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-34-11">I will teach you the fear of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/34-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Who <i>is</i> the man <i>who</i> desires life,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-34-12">And loves <i>many</i> 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>Keep your tongue from evil,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-34-13">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>Depart from evil and do good;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-34-14">Seek peace and pursue it.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/34-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The eyes of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> <i>are</i> on the righteous,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-34-15">And His ears <i>are open</i> to their cry.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/34-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>The face of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> <i>is</i> against those who do evil,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-34-16">To <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[c]</a></span>cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/34-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><i>The righteous</i> cry out, and the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> hears,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-34-17">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>The <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> <i>is</i> near to those who have a broken heart,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-34-18">And saves such as <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[d]</a></span>have a contrite spirit.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/34-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Many <i>are</i> the afflictions of the righteous,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-34-19">But the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps 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>He guards all his bones;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-34-20">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>Evil shall slay the wicked,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-34-21">And those who hate the righteous shall be <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[e]</a></span>condemned.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/34-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>The <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> redeems the soul of His servants,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-34-22">And none of those who trust in Him shall be condemned.</span></p></div> <A name="footnotes"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes:</h4><ol><li id="fen-NKJV-14396a"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 34:7">Psalm 34:7</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>Angel</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-14398b"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 34:9">Psalm 34:9</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>lack</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-14405c"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 34:16">Psalm 34:16</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>destroy</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-14407d"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 34:18">Psalm 34:18</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>are crushed in spirit</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-14410e"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 34:21">Psalm 34:21</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>held guilty</i></span></li></ol></div> <!--end of footnotes--></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. 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