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Psalms 34
A song of rescue with a backstory: its heading recalls David feigning madness to escape a Philistine king. Out of that humiliation comes the open invitation "taste and see" (v.8), and the image of God's angel pitching camp around those who fear him. Midway the tone shifts from testimony to teaching: "Come, you children, listen to me" (v.11). What follows is plain counsel about guarding the tongue and seeking peace, with eyes and ears of God turned toward the broken-hearted.
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I will bless the LORD at all times. His praise will always be in my mouth.
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My soul shall boast in the LORD. The humble shall hear of it and be glad.
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Oh magnify the LORD with me. Let’s exalt his name together.
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I sought the LORD, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.
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They looked to him, and were radiant. Their faces shall never be covered with shame.
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This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
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The LORD’s angel encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them.
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Oh taste and see that the LORD is good. Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.
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Oh fear the LORD, you his saints, for there is no lack with those who fear him.
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The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger, but those who seek the LORD shall not lack any good thing.
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Come, you children, listen to me. I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
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Who is someone who desires life, and loves many days, that he may see good?
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Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies.
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Depart from evil, and do good. Seek peace, and pursue it.
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The LORD’s eyes are toward the righteous. His ears listen to their cry.
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The LORD’s face is against those who do evil, to cut off their memory from the earth.
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The righteous cry, and the LORD hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles.
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The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.
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Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him out of them all.
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He protects all of his bones. Not one of them is broken.
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Evil shall kill the wicked. Those who hate the righteous shall be condemned.
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The LORD redeems the soul of his servants. None of those who take refuge in him shall be condemned.
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Salmo de David, cuando mudó su semblante delante de Abimelech, y él lo echó, y fuése. BENDECIRÉ á Jehová en todo tiempo; su alabanza será siempre en mi boca.
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En Jehová se gloriará mi alma: oiránlo los mansos, y se alegrarán.
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Engrandeced á Jehová conmigo, y ensalcemos su nombre á una.
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Busqué á Jehová, y él me oyó, y libróme de todos mis temores.
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A él miraron y fueron alumbrados: y sus rostros no se avergonzaron.
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Este pobre clamó, y oyóle Jehová, y librólo de todas sus angustias.
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El ángel de Jehová acampa en derredor de los que le temen, y los defiende.
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Gustad, y ved que es bueno Jehová: dichoso el hombre que confiará en él.
- 9
Temed á Jehová, vosotros sus santos; porque no hay falta para los que le temen.
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Los leoncillos necesitaron, y tuvieron hambre; pero los que buscan á Jehová, no tendrán falta de ningún bien.
- 11
Venid, hijos, oidme; el temor de Jehová os enseñaré.
- 12
¿Quién es el hombre que desea vida, que codicia días para ver bien?
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Guarda tu lengua de mal, y tus labios de hablar engaño.
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Apártate del mal, y haz el bien; busca la paz, y síguela.
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Los ojos de Jehová están sobre los justos, y atentos sus oídos al clamor de ellos.
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La ira de Jehová contra los que mal hacen, para cortar de la tierra la memoria de ellos.
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Clamaron los justos , y Jehová oyó, y librólos de todas sus angustias.
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Cercano está Jehová á los quebrantados de corazón; y salvará á los contritos de espíritu.
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Muchos son los males del justo; mas de todos ellos lo librará Jehová.
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El guarda todos sus huesos; ni uno de ellos será quebrantado.
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Matará al malo la maldad; y los que aborrecen al justo serán asolados.
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Jehová redime el alma de sus siervos; y no serán asolados cuantos en él confían.
An alphabet of deliverance
This is an acrostic: each verse begins with the next Hebrew letter, a structure that frames rescue as something ordered and complete rather than chaotic.
Note v.20, "not one of them is broken," spoken of the righteous man's bones, a line later read against the crucifixion in John's Gospel.
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