Psalm 34
Taste and See That the LORD Is Good
(1 Samuel 21:8–15)
Of David, when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech,1 so that the king drove him away.2
¹ I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise will always be on my lips.
² My soul boasts in the LORD; let the oppressed hear and rejoice.
³ Magnify the LORD with me; let us exalt His name together.
⁴ I sought the LORD, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears.
⁵ Those who look to Him are radiant with joy; their faces shall never be ashamed.
⁶ This poor man called out, and the LORD heard him; He saved him from all his troubles.
⁷ The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, and he delivers them.
⁸ Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!
⁹ Fear the LORD, you His saints, for those who fear Him lack nothing.
¹⁰ Young lions go lacking and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.
¹¹ Come, children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
¹² Who is the man who delights in life, who desires to see good days?
¹³ Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech.
¹⁴ Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
¹⁵ The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.3
¹⁶ But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil,4 to wipe out all memory of them from the earth.
¹⁷ The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears; He delivers them from all their troubles.
¹⁸ The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.
¹⁹ Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all.
²⁰ He protects all his bones; not one of them will be broken.5
²¹ Evil will slay the wicked, and the haters of the righteous will be condemned.
²² The LORD redeems His servants, and none who take refuge in Him will be condemned.