Psalm 34

Praise for Deliverance from Trouble

Of David, when he feigned madness before Abimelech, so that he drove him out, and he went away.
¹I will bless the Lord at all times;
   his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
²My soul makes its boast in the Lord;
   let the humble hear and be glad.
³O magnify the Lord with me,
   and let us exalt his name together.

⁴I sought the Lord, and he answered me,
   and delivered me from all my fears.
⁵Look to him, and be radiant;
   so your^* faces shall never be ashamed.
⁶This poor soul cried, and was heard by the Lord,
   and was saved from every trouble.
⁷The angel of the Lord encamps
   around those who fear him, and delivers them.
⁸O taste and see that the Lord is good;
   happy are those who take refuge in him.
¹⁹Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
   but the Lord rescues them from them all.
²⁰He keeps all their bones;
   not one of them will be broken.
²¹Evil brings death to the wicked,
   and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.
²²The Lord redeems the life of his servants;
   none of those who take refuge in him will be condemned.