New Living Translation

Psalms • Chapter 34

1 I will praise the LORD at all times.<br>I will constantly speak his praises.<br> 2 I will boast only in the LORD;<br>let all who are helpless take heart.<br> 3 Come, let us tell of the LORD’s greatness;<br>let us exalt his name together.<br> 4 I prayed to the LORD, and he answered me.<br>He freed me from all my fears.<br> 5 Those who look to him for help will be radiant with joy;<br>no shadow of shame will darken their faces.<br> 6 In my desperation I prayed, and the LORD listened;<br>he saved me from all my troubles.<br> 7 For the angel of the LORD is a guard;<br>he surrounds and defends all who fear him.<br> 8 Taste and see that the LORD is good.<br>Oh, the joys of those who take refuge in him!<br> 9 Fear the LORD, you his godly people,<br>for those who fear him will have all they need.<br> 10 Even strong young lions sometimes go hungry,<br>but those who trust in the LORD will lack no good thing.<br> 11 Come, my children, and listen to me,<br>and I will teach you to fear the LORD.<br> 12 Does anyone want to live a life<br>that is long and prosperous?<br> 13 Then keep your tongue from speaking evil<br>and your lips from telling lies!<br> 14 Turn away from evil and do good.<br>Search for peace, and work to maintain it.<br> 15 The eyes of the LORD watch over those who do right;<br>his ears are open to their cries for help.<br> 16 But the LORD turns his face against those who do evil;<br>he will erase their memory from the earth.<br> 17 The LORD hears his people when they call to him for help.<br>He rescues them from all their troubles.<br> 18 The LORD is close to the brokenhearted;<br>he rescues those whose spirits are crushed.<br> 19 The righteous person faces many troubles,<br>but the LORD comes to the rescue each time.<br> 20 For the LORD protects the bones of the righteous;<br>not one of them is broken!<br> 21 Calamity will surely destroy the wicked,<br>and those who hate the righteous will be punished.<br> 22 But the LORD will redeem those who serve him.<br>No one who takes refuge in him will be condemned.<br>