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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//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=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Psalm 34 JPS Tanakh 1917</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/jps/psalms/34.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></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 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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">JPS Tanakh 1917</div><div class="chap"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>[A Psalm] of David; when he changed his demeanour before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed.<div align="center"><p class="hebheading">א</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext">2</span>I will bless the LORD at all times;</div><div class="po2">His praise shall continually be in my mouth.</div> <div align="center"><p class="hebheading">ב</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-2.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>My soul shall glory in the LORD;</div><div class="po2">The humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.</div> <div align="center"><p class="hebheading">ג</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-3.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>O magnify the LORD with me,</div><div class="po2">And let us exalt His name together.</div> <div align="center"><p class="hebheading">ד</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-4.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>I sought the LORD, and He answered me,</div><div class="po2">And delivered me from all my fears.</div> <div align="center"><p class="hebheading">ה</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-5.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>They looked unto Him, and were radiant; <div align="center"><p class="hebheading">ו</p></div><div class="po4">And their faces shall never be abashed.</div> <div align="center"><p class="hebheading">ז</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-6.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>This poor man cried, and the LORD heard,</div><div class="po2">And saved him out of all his troubles.</div> <div align="center"><p class="hebheading">ח</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-7.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear Him,</div><div class="po2">And delivereth them.</div> <div align="center"><p class="hebheading">ט</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-8.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>O consider and see that the LORD is good;</div><div class="po2">Happy is the man that taketh refuge in Him.</div> <div align="center"><p class="hebheading">י</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-9.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>O fear the LORD, ye His holy ones;</div><div class="po2">For there is no want to them that fear Him.</div> <div align="center"><p class="hebheading">כ</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-10.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger;</div><div class="po2">But they that seek the LORD want not any good thing.</div> <div align="center"><p class="hebheading">ל</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-11.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Come, ye children, hearken unto me;</div><div class="po2">I will teach you the fear of the LORD.</div> <div align="center"><p class="hebheading">מ</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-12.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Who is the man that desireth life, and loveth days,</div><div class="po2">That he may see good therein?</div> <div align="center"><p class="hebheading">נ</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-13.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Keep thy tongue from evil,</div><div class="po2">And thy lips from speaking guile.</div> <div align="center"><p class="hebheading">ס</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-14.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Depart from evil, and do good;</div><div class="po2">Seek peace, and pursue it.</div> <div align="center"><p class="hebheading">ע</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-15.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>The eyes of the LORD are toward the righteous,</div><div class="po2">And His ears are open unto their cry.</div> <div align="center"><p class="hebheading">פ</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-16.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The face of the LORD is against them that do evil,</div><div class="po2">To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.</div> <div align="center"><p class="hebheading">צ</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-17.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="fn"><a href="#ftn">a</a></span>They cried, and the LORD heard,</div><div class="po2">And delivered them out of all their troubles.</div> <div align="center"><p class="hebheading">ק</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-18.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart,</div><div class="po2">And saveth such as are of a contrite spirit.</div> <div align="center"><p class="hebheading">ר</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-19.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Many are the ills of the righteous,</div><div class="po2">But the LORD delivereth him out of them all.</div> <div align="center"><p class="hebheading">ש</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-20.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>He keepeth all his bones;</div><div class="po2">Not one of them is broken.</div> <div align="center"><p class="hebheading">ת</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-21.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Evil shall kill the wicked;</div><div class="po2">And they that hate the righteous shall be held guilty.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/34-22.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>The LORD redeemeth the soul of His servants;</div><div class="po2">And none of them that take refuge in Him shall be desolate.</div><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><br>{fn: a} That is, the righteous.</span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">THE HOLY SCRIPTURES<br>ACCORDING TO THE MASORETIC TEXT<br>A NEW TRANSLATION<p><a href="//www.jps.org/">Jewish Publication Society</a><br>1917<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></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="#" 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