{"book":"Psalms","slug":"psalms","ch":34,"genre":"poetry","sub":"The Book of Psalms","prev":"psalms/33","next":"psalms/35","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"1 I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise will always be on my lips.","f":["Abimelech is another name for Achish; see 1 Samuel 21–29 and 1 Kings 2:39.","This psalm is an acrostic poem, each verse beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet."],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"1 I will bless the LORD at all times;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"His praise will always be on my lips."}],"h":"Taste and See That the LORD Is Good","style":"pshdg"},{"v":2,"t":"My soul boasts in the LORD; let the oppressed hear and rejoice.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"My soul boasts in the LORD;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"let the oppressed hear and rejoice."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"Magnify the LORD with me; let us exalt His name together.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Magnify the LORD with me;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"let us exalt His name together."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"I sought the LORD, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"I sought the LORD, and He answered me;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"He delivered me from all my fears."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":5,"t":"Those who look to Him are radiant with joy; their faces shall never be ashamed.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Those who look to Him are radiant with joy;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"their faces shall never be ashamed."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"This poor man called out, and the LORD heard him; He saved him from all his troubles.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"This poor man called out, and the LORD heard him;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"He saved him from all his troubles."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, and he delivers them.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and he delivers them."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Taste and see that the LORD is good;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":9,"t":"Fear the LORD, you His saints, for those who fear Him lack nothing.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Fear the LORD, you His saints,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for those who fear Him lack nothing."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"Young lions go lacking and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Young lions go lacking and hungry,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"Come, children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Come, children, listen to me;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I will teach you the fear of the LORD."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"Who is the man who delights in life, who desires to see good days?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Who is the man who delights in life,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"who desires to see good days?"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":13,"t":"Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Keep your tongue from evil"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and your lips from deceitful speech."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":14,"t":"Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Turn away from evil and do good;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"seek peace and pursue it."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":15,"t":"The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.","f":["LXX to their prayer"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and His ears are inclined to their cry."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":16,"t":"[But] the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to wipe out [all] memory of them from the earth.","f":["Cited in 1 Peter 3:10–12"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"[But] the face of the LORD is against those who do evil,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"to wipe out [all] memory of them from the earth."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":17,"t":"The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears; He delivers them from all their troubles.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"He delivers them from all their troubles."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":18,"t":"The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The LORD is near to the brokenhearted;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"He saves the contrite in spirit."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":19,"t":"Many [are] the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Many [are] the afflictions of the righteous,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"but the LORD delivers him from them all."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":20,"t":"He protects all his bones; not one of them will be broken.","f":["Cited in John 19:36"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He protects all his bones;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"not one of them will be broken."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":21,"t":"Evil {will} slay the wicked, and the haters of the righteous will be condemned.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Evil {will} slay the wicked,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the haters of the righteous will be condemned."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":22,"t":"The LORD redeems His servants, and none who take refuge in Him will be condemned.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The LORD redeems His servants,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and none who take refuge in Him will be condemned."}],"style":"indent1"}],"superscription":"Of David, when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, so that [the king] drove him away."}