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Psalm 34 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

Jehovah a Provider and Deliverer.

Psa 34:1
A Psalm of David; when he changed his behavior before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed.
I will bless Jehovah at all times:
His praise shall continually be in my mouth.
Psa 34:2
My soul shall make her boast in Jehovah:
The meek shall hear thereof, and be glad.
Psa 34:3
Oh magnify Jehovah with me,
And let us exalt his name together.
Psa 34:4
I sought Jehovah, and he answered me,
And delivered me from all my fears.
Psa 34:5
They looked unto him, and were radiant;
And their faces shall never be confounded.
Psa 34:6
This poor man cried, and Jehovah heard him,
And saved him out of all his troubles.
Psa 34:7
The angel of Jehovah encampeth round about them that fear him,
And delivereth them.
Psa 34:8
Oh taste and see that Jehovah is good:
Blessed is the man that taketh refuge in him.
Psa 34:9
Oh fear Jehovah, ye his saints;
For there is no want to them that fear him.
Psa 34:10
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger;
But they that seek Jehovah shall not want any good thing.
Psa 34:11
Come, ye children, hearken unto me:
I will teach you the fear of Jehovah.
Psa 34:12
What man is he that desireth life,
And loveth many days, that he may see good?
Psa 34:13
Keep thy tongue from evil,
And thy lips from speaking guile.
Psa 34:14
Depart from evil, and do good;
Seek peace, and pursue it.
Psa 34:15
The eyes of Jehovah are toward the righteous,
And his ears are open unto their cry.
Psa 34:16
The face of Jehovah is against them that do evil,
To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
Psa 34:17
The righteous cried, and Jehovah heard,
And delivered them out of all their troubles.
Psa 34:18
Jehovah is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart,
And saveth such as are of a contrite spirit.
Psa 34:19
Many are the afflictions of the righteous;
But Jehovah delivereth him out of them all.
Psa 34:20
He keepeth all his bones:
Not one of them is broken.
Psa 34:21
Evil shall slay the wicked;
And they that hate the righteous shall be condemned.
Psa 34:22
Jehovah redeemeth the soul of his servants;
And none of them that take refuge in him shall be condemned.
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Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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