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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</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/bsb/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="/bmc//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="/psalms/">Psalm</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 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 align="center" id="jump2"><a href="/niv/psalms/34.htm">NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/psalms/34.htm">NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/psalms/34.htm">ESV</a> • <a href="/kjv/psalms/34.htm">KJV</a> • <a href="/nkjv/psalms/34.htm">NKJ</a> • <a href="/nasb/psalms/34.htm">NAS</a></div><br /><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="1%" valign="top">BSB</td><td width="99%" valign="top" align="right"><a href="/parallel/psalms/34.htm" style="font-weight:normal" title="Parallel Chapters">Parallel Chapters ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Taste and See That the LORD Is Good<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../1_samuel/21.htm#8">1 Samuel 21:8–15</a>)</span><p class="pshdg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-1.htm"><b></b></a></span>Of David, when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> so that the king drove him away.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="#"><b>1</b></a></span>I will bless the LORD at all times; <p class="indent2"> His praise will always be on my lips. <A name="3"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>My soul boasts in the LORD; <p class="indent2"> let the oppressed hear and rejoice. <A name="4"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Magnify the LORD with me; <p class="indent2"> let us exalt His name together. <A name="5"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>I sought the LORD, and He answered me; <p class="indent2"> He delivered me from all my fears. <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Those who look to Him are radiant with joy; <p class="indent2"> their faces shall never be ashamed. <A name="7"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>This poor man called out, and the LORD heard him; <p class="indent2"> He saved him from all his troubles. <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, <p class="indent2"> and he delivers them. <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Taste and see that the LORD is good; <p class="indent2"> blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him! <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Fear the LORD, you His saints, <p class="indent2"> for those who fear Him lack nothing. <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Young lions go lacking and hungry, <p class="indent2"> but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing. <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Come, children, listen to me; <p class="indent2"> I will teach you the fear of the LORD. <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Who is the man who delights in life, <p class="indent2"> who desires to see good days? <A name="14"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Keep your tongue from evil <p class="indent2"> and your lips from deceitful speech. <A name="15"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Turn away from evil and do good; <p class="indent2"> seek peace and pursue it. <A name="16"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, <p class="indent2"> and His ears are inclined to their cry.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> <A name="17"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> <p class="indent2"> to wipe out all memory of them from the earth. <A name="18"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears; <p class="indent2"> He delivers them from all their troubles. <A name="19"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; <p class="indent2"> He saves the contrite in spirit. <A name="20"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Many are the afflictions of the righteous, <p class="indent2"> but the LORD delivers him from them all. <A name="21"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>He protects all his bones; <p class="indent2"> not one of them will be broken.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> <A name="22"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Evil will slay the wicked, <p class="indent2"> and the haters of the righteous will be condemned. <A name=""></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>The LORD redeems His servants, <p class="indent2"> and none who take refuge in Him will be condemned.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <i>Abimelech</i><span class="thin"> </span> is another name for <i>Achish</i><span class="thin"> </span>; see <a href="../1_samuel/21.htm">1 Samuel 21–29</a> and <a href="../1_kings/2.htm#39">1 Kings 2:39</a>.<br><span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> This psalm is an acrostic poem, each verse beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.<br><span class="fnverse">15</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> LXX <i>to their prayer</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">16</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> Cited in <a href="../1_peter/3.htm#10">1 Peter 3:10–12</a><br><span class="fnverse">20</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> Cited in <a href="../john/19.htm#36">John 19:36</a><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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