Psalm 34:1-22
Of David, at the time of his disguising his sanity+ before A·bimʹe·lech, so that he drove him out, and he went away.
א [ʼAʹleph]*
34 I will bless Jehovah at all times;+Constantly his praise will be in my mouth.+
ב [Behth]
2 In Jehovah my soul will make its boast;+The meek ones will hear and will rejoice.+
ג [Giʹmel]
3 O magnify Jehovah with me,+ YOU people,And let us exalt his name together.+
ד [Daʹleth]
4 I inquired of Jehovah, and he answered me,+And out of all my frights he delivered me.+
ה [Heʼ]
5 They looked to him and became radiant,+And their very faces could not possibly be ashamed.+
ז [Zaʹyin]*
6 This afflicted one called, and Jehovah himself heard.+And out of all his distresses He saved him.+
ח [Chehth]
7 The angel of Jehovah is camping all around those fearing him,+And he rescues them.+
ט [Tehth]
8 Taste and see that Jehovah is good,+ O YOU people;Happy is the able-bodied man* that takes refuge in him.+
י [Yohdh]
9 Fear Jehovah, YOU holy ones of his,+For there is no lack to those fearing him.+
כ [Kaph]
10 The maned young lions themselves have had little on hand and gone hungry;+But as for those seeking Jehovah, they will not lack anything good.+
ל [Laʹmedh]
11 Come, YOU sons, listen to me;+The fear of Jehovah is what I shall teach YOU.+
מ [Mem]
12 Who is the man* that is delighting in life,+That is loving enough days to see what is good?+
נ [Nun]
13 Safeguard your tongue against what is bad,+And your lips against speaking deception.+
ס [Saʹmekh]
14 Turn away from what is bad, and do what is good;+Seek to find peace, and pursue it.+
ע [ʽAʹyin]
15 The eyes of Jehovah are toward the righteous ones,+And his ears are toward their cry for help.+
פ [Peʼ]
16 The face of Jehovah is against those doing what is bad,+To cut off the mention* of them from the very earth.+
צ [Tsa·dhehʹ]
17 They cried out, and Jehovah himself heard,+And out of all their distresses he delivered them.+
ק [Qohph]
18 Jehovah is near to those that are broken at heart;+And those who are crushed in spirit he saves.+
ר [Rehsh]
19 Many are the calamities of the righteous one,+But out of them all Jehovah delivers him.+
ש [Shin]
20 He* is guarding all the bones of that one;Not one of them has been broken.+
ת [Taw]
21 Calamity will put the wicked one himself to death;+And the very ones hating the righteous one will be held guilty.+
22 Jehovah is redeeming* the soul of his servants;+And none of those taking refuge in him will be held guilty.+
Footnotes
^ In M this psalm is arranged in Heb. alphabetic, or acrostic, order.
^ In this acrostic psalm the sixth Heb. letter, Waw, is missing between Heʼ and Zaʹyin.
^ “The able-bodied man.” Heb., hag·geʹver.
^ “The man.” Heb., ha·ʼishʹ.
^ Or, “remembrance.”
^ “He,” MTSy; LXXVg and two Heb. mss, “Jehovah.”
^ Or, “ransoming.” Heb., poh·dhehʹ; Gr., ly·troʹse·tai; Lat., reʹdi·met.
