Psalm 34-35

Devotionals, Articles, and Bible Study Resources on Psalm 34-35

1I will bless the LORD at all times;
His praise will always be on my lips.
2My soul boasts in the LORD;
let the oppressed hear and rejoice.
3Magnify the LORD with me;
let us exalt His name together.
4I sought the LORD, and He answered me;
He delivered me from all my fears.
5Those who look to Him are radiant with joy;
their faces shall never be ashamed.
6This poor man called out, and the LORD heard him;
He saved him from all his troubles.
7The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him,
and he delivers them.
8Taste and see that the LORD is good;
blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!
9Fear the LORD, you His saints,
for those who fear Him lack nothing.
10Young lions go lacking and hungry,
but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.
11Come, children, listen to me;
I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
12Who is the man who delights in life,
who desires to see good days?
13Keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from deceitful speech.
14Turn away from evil and do good;
seek peace and pursue it.
15The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous,
and His ears are inclined to their cry.
16But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil,
to wipe out all memory of them from the earth.
17The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears;
He delivers them from all their troubles.
18The LORD is near to the brokenhearted;
He saves the contrite in spirit.
19Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
but the LORD delivers him from them all.
20He protects all his bones;
not one of them will be broken.
21Evil will slay the wicked,
and the haters of the righteous will be condemned.
22The LORD redeems His servants,
and none who take refuge in Him will be condemned.
1Contend with my opponents, O LORD;
fight against those who fight against me.
2Take up Your shield and buckler;
arise and come to my aid.
3Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers;
say to my soul: “I am your salvation.”
4May those who seek my life
be disgraced and put to shame;
may those who plan to harm me
be driven back and confounded.
5May they be like chaff in the wind,
as the angel of the LORD drives them away.
6May their path be dark and slick,
as the angel of the LORD pursues.
7For without cause they laid their net for me;
without reason they dug a pit for my soul.
8May ruin befall them by surprise;
may the net they hid ensnare them;
may they fall into the hazard they created.
9Then my soul will rejoice in the LORD
and exult in His salvation.
10All my bones will exclaim,
“Who is like You, O LORD,
who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor,
the poor and needy from the robber?”
11Hostile witnesses come forward;
they make charges I know nothing about.
12They repay me evil for good,
to the bereavement of my soul.
13Yet when they were ill,
I put on sackcloth;
I humbled myself with fasting,
but my prayers returned unanswered.
14I paced about
as for my friend or brother;
I was bowed down with grief,
like one mourning for his mother.
15But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee;
they gathered together against me.
Assailants I did not know
slandered me without ceasing.
16Like godless jesters at a feast,
they gnashed their teeth at me.
17How long, O Lord, will You look on?
Rescue my soul from their ravages,
my precious life from these lions.
18Then I will give You thanks in the great assembly;
I will praise You among many people.
19Let not my enemies gloat over me without cause,
nor those who hate me without reason wink in malice.
20For they do not speak peace,
but they devise deceitful schemes
against those who live quietly in the land.
21They gape at me and say,
“Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen!”
22O LORD, You have seen it; be not silent.
O Lord, be not far from me.
23Awake and rise to my defense,
to my cause, my God and my Lord!
24Vindicate me by Your righteousness, O LORD my God,
and do not let them gloat over me.
25Let them not say in their hearts,
“Aha, just what we wanted!”
Let them not say,
“We have swallowed him up!”
26May those who gloat in my distress
be ashamed and confounded;
may those who exalt themselves over me
be clothed in shame and reproach.
27May those who favor my vindication
shout for joy and gladness;
may they always say, “Exalted be the LORD
who delights in His servant’s well-being.”
28Then my tongue will proclaim Your righteousness
and Your praises all day long.
— Psalm 34-35

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