Psalm 34 Benedicam Domine
1 I will bless the LORD at all times; *
her praise shall ever be in my mouth.
2 I will glory in the LORD; *
let the humble hear and re-joice.
3 Proclaim with me the greatness of the LORD; *
let us exalt her Name to-ge-ther.
4 I sought the LORD, and she an-swered me *
and delivered me out of all my ter-ror.
5 Look upon her and be ra-diant, *
and let not your faces be a-shamed.
6 I called in my affliction and the LORD heard me *
and saved me from all my trou-bles.
7 The angel of the LORD encompasses those who fear her, *
and she will de-li-ver them.
8 Taste and see that the LORD is good; *
happy are they who trust in her!
9 Fear the LORD, you that are her saints, *
for those who fear her lack no-thing.
10 The young lions lack and suf-fer hun-ger, *
but those who seek the LORD lack nothing that is good.
11 Come, children, and listen to me; *
I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
12 Who among you loves life *
and desires long life to en-joy pros-perity?
13 Keep your tongue from e-vil-speak-ing *
and your lips from ly-ing words.
14 Turn from evil and do good; *
seek peace and pur-sue it.
15 The eyes of the LORD are upon the right-eous, *
and her ears are open to their cry.
16 The face of the LORD is against those who do ev-il, *
to root out the remembrance of them from the earth.
17 The righteous cry, and the LORD hears them *
and delivers them from all their trou-bles.
18 The LORD is near to the bro-ken-heart-ed *
and will save those whose spir-its are crushed.
19 Many are the troubles of the right-eous, *
but the LORD will deliver her out of them all.
20 She will keep safe all her bones; *
not one of them shall be bro-ken.
21 Evil shall slay the wic-ked, *
and those who hate the righteous will be pun-ished.
22 The LORD ransoms the life of her ser-vants, *
and none will be punished who trust in her.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Ho-ly Spir-it: *
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ev-er. A-men.