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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">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/psalms/34.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a><p class="d">A psalm of David, regarding the time he pretended to be insane in front of Abimelech, who sent him away.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/34-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>I will praise the LORD at all times.</p><p class="line2">I will constantly speak his praises.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/34-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>I will boast only in the LORD;</p><p class="line2">let all who are helpless take heart.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/34-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Come, let us tell of the LORD’s greatness;</p><p class="line2">let us exalt his name together.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/34-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>I prayed to the LORD, and he answered me.</p><p class="line2">He freed me from all my fears.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/34-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Those who look to him for help will be radiant with joy;</p><p class="line2">no shadow of shame will darken their faces.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/34-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>In my desperation I prayed, and the LORD listened;</p><p class="line2">he saved me from all my troubles.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/34-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>For the angel of the LORD is a guard;</p><p class="line2">he surrounds and defends all who fear him.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/34-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Taste and see that the LORD is good.</p><p class="line2">Oh, the joys of those who take refuge in him!</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/34-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Fear the LORD, you his godly people,</p><p class="line2">for those who fear him will have all they need.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/34-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Even strong young lions sometimes go hungry,</p><p class="line2">but those who trust in the LORD will lack no good thing.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/34-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Come, my children, and listen to me,</p><p class="line2">and I will teach you to fear the LORD.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/34-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Does anyone want to live a life</p><p class="line2">that is long and prosperous?</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/34-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then keep your tongue from speaking evil</p><p class="line2">and your lips from telling lies!</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/34-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Turn away from evil and do good.</p><p class="line2">Search for peace, and work to maintain it.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/34-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The eyes of the LORD watch over those who do right;</p><p class="line2">his ears are open to their cries for help.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/34-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>But the LORD turns his face against those who do evil;</p><p class="line2">he will erase their memory from the earth.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/34-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The LORD hears his people when they call to him for help.</p><p class="line2">He rescues them from all their troubles.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/34-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>The LORD is close to the brokenhearted;</p><p class="line2">he rescues those whose spirits are crushed.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/34-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The righteous person faces many troubles,</p><p class="line2">but the LORD comes to the rescue each time.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/34-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>For the LORD protects the bones of the righteous;</p><p class="line2">not one of them is broken!</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/34-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Calamity will surely destroy the wicked,</p><p class="line2">and those who hate the righteous will be punished.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/34-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>But the LORD will redeem those who serve him.</p><p class="line2">No one who takes refuge in him will be condemned.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">34 </span><span class="ft">This psalm is a Hebrew acrostic poem; each verse begins with a successive letter of the Hebrew alphabet.</span><br></span></div></div><div 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