1. I will bless the LORD at all times.Psalm 34 is an acrostic poem, with each verse starting with a letter of the alphabet (ordered from Alef to Tav).His praise will always be in my mouth.

2. My soul shall boast in The LORD.The humble shall hear of it, and be glad.

3. Oh magnify the LORD with me.Let us exalt his name together.

4. I sought The LORD, and he answered me,and delivered me from all my fears.

5. They looked to him, and were radiant.Their faces shall never be covered with shame.

6. This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him,and saved him out of all his troubles.

7. The LORD's angel encamps around those who fear him,and delivers them.

8. 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.

11. Come, you children, listen to me.I will teach you the fear of The LORD.

12. Who is someone who desires life,and loves many days, that he may see good?

13. Keep your tongue from evil,and your lips from speaking lies.

14. Depart from evil, and do good.seek peace, and pursue it.

15. The LORD's eyes are toward the righteous.His ears listen to their cry.

16. The LORD's face is against those who do evil,to cut off their memory from the earth.

17. The righteous cry, and the LORD hears,and delivers them out of all their troubles.

18. 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.

20. He protects all of his bones.Not one of them is broken.

21. Evil shall kill the wicked.Those who hate the righteous shall be condemned.

22. The LORD redeems the soul of his servants.None of those who take refuge in him shall be condemned.

1. Contend, The LORD, with those who contend with me.Fight against those who fight against me.

2. Take hold of shield and buckler,and stand up for my help.

3. Brandish the spear and block those who pursue me.Tell my soul, "I am your salvation."

4. Let those who seek after my soul be disappointed and brought to dishonor.Let those who plot my ruin be turned back and confounded.

5. Let them be as chaff before the wind,The LORD's angel driving them on.

6. Let their way be dark and slippery,The LORD's angel pursuing them.

7. For without cause they have hidden their net in a pit for me.Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.

8. Let destruction come on him unawares.Let his net that he has hidden catch himself.Let him fall into that destruction.

9. My soul shall be joyful in The LORD.It shall rejoice in his salvation.

10. All my bones shall say, "The LORD, who is like you,who delivers the poor from him who is too strong for him;yes, the poor and the needy from him who robs him?"

11. Unrighteous witnesses rise up.They ask me about things that I don't know about.

12. They reward me evil for good,to the bereaving of my soul.

13. But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth.I afflicted my soul with fasting.My prayer returned into my own bosom.

14. I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother.I bowed down mourning, as one who mourns his mother.

15. But in my adversity, they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together.The attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I didn't know it.They tore at me, and didn't cease.

16. Like the profane mockers in feasts,they gnashed their teeth at me.

17. Lord, how long will you look on?Rescue my soul from their destruction,my precious life from the lions.

18. I will give you thanks in the great assembly.I will praise you among many people.

19. Don't let those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me;neither let those who hate me without a cause wink their eyes.

20. For they don't speak peace,but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.

21. Yes, they opened their mouth wide against me.They said, "Aha! Aha! Our eye has seen it!"

22. You have seen it, The LORD. Don't keep silent.Lord, don't be far from me.

23. Wake up! Rise up to defend me, my God!My Lord, contend for me!

24. Vindicate me, the LORD my God, according to your righteousness.Don't let them gloat over me.

25. Don't let them say in their heart, "Aha! That's the way we want it!"Don't let them say, "We have swallowed him up!"

26. Let them be disappointed and confounded together who rejoice at my calamity.Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me.

27. Let them shout for joy and be glad, who favor my righteous cause.Yes, let them say continually, "The LORD be magnified,who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant!"

28. My tongue shall talk about your righteousness and about your praise all day long.

1. Why do you boast of mischief, mighty man?God's loving kindness endures continually.

2. Your tongue plots destruction,like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

3. You love evil more than good,lying rather than speaking the truth.Selah.

4. You love all devouring words,you deceitful tongue.

5. God will likewise destroy you forever.He will take you up, and pluck you out of your tent,and root you out of the land of the living.Selah.

6. The righteous also will see it, and fear,and laugh at him, saying,

7. "Behold, this is the man who didn't make God his strength,but trusted in the abundance of his riches,and strengthened himself in his wickedness."

8. But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in God's house.I trust in God's loving kindness forever and ever.

9. I will give you thanks forever, because you have done it.I will hope in your name, for it is good,in the presence of your saints.

1. Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up.All day long, he attacks and oppresses me.

2. My enemies want to swallow me up all day long,for they are many who fight proudly against me.

3. When I am afraid,I will put my trust in you.

4. In God, I praise his word.In God, I put my trust.I will not be afraid.What can flesh do to me?

5. All day long they twist my words.All their thoughts are against me for evil.

6. They conspire and lurk,watching my steps, they are eager to take my life.

7. Shall they escape by iniquity?In anger cast down the peoples, God.

8. You count my wanderings.You put my tears into your bottle.Aren't they in your book?

9. Then my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call.I know this, that God is for me.

10. In God, I will praise his word.In The LORD, I will praise his word.

11. I have put my trust in God.I will not be afraid.What can man do to me?

12. Your vows are on me, God.I will give thank offerings to you.

13. For you have delivered my soul from death,and prevented my feet from falling,that I may walk before God in the light of the living.