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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.
- 9
Oh fear the LORD, you his saints, for there is no lack with those who fear him.
- 10
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.
- 19
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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Bendirei o SENHOR em todo o tempo. O seu louvor estará sempre na minha boca.
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A minha alma se gloriará no SENHOR. Os humildes ouvirão isso e se alegrarão.
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Oh, engrandeçam o SENHOR comigo. Exaltemos juntos o seu nome.
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Busquei o SENHOR, e ele me respondeu, e me livrou de todos os meus temores.
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Olharam para ele, e ficaram radiantes. Seus rostos jamais serão cobertos de vergonha.
- 6
Este pobre clamou, e o SENHOR o ouviu, e o salvou de todas as suas angústias.
- 7
O anjo do SENHOR acampa ao redor dos que o temem, e os livra.
- 8
Oh, provem e vejam que o SENHOR é bom. Bem-aventurado é o homem que nele se refugia.
- 9
Oh, temam o SENHOR, vocês, os seus santos, pois nada falta aos que o temem.
- 10
Os leõezinhos passam necessidade e sofrem fome, mas aos que buscam o SENHOR não faltará bem algum.
- 11
Venham, filhos, ouçam-me. Eu lhes ensinarei o temor do SENHOR.
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Quem é aquele que deseja a vida, e ama muitos dias, para que possa ver o bem?
- 13
Guarde a sua língua do mal, e os seus lábios de falarem mentiras.
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Afaste-se do mal e faça o bem. Busque a paz e persiga-a.
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Os olhos do SENHOR estão voltados para os justos. Seus ouvidos escutam o seu clamor.
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O rosto do SENHOR está contra os que fazem o mal, para cortar da terra a memória deles.
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Os justos clamam, e o SENHOR ouve, e os livra de todas as suas angústias.
- 18
O SENHOR está perto dos que têm o coração quebrantado, e salva os que têm o espírito abatido.
- 19
Muitas são as aflições do justo, mas o SENHOR o livra de todas elas.
- 20
Ele protege todos os seus ossos. Nenhum deles é quebrado.
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O mal matará o ímpio. Os que odeiam o justo serão condenados.
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O SENHOR redime a alma dos seus servos. Nenhum dos que nele se refugiam será condenado.
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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