Psalms 11
The Lord Is in His Holy Temple
To the choirmaster. Of David.
1 In the Lord I take refuge;how can you say to my soul,
a“Flee like a bird to your mountain,
2for behold, the wicked bbend the bow;
cthey have fitted their arrow to the string
to shoot in the dark at the upright in heart;
3if dthe foundations are destroyed,
what can the righteous do?” ▼
▼Or for the foundations will be destroyed; what has the righteous done?
4 fThe Lord is in his holy temple;
the Lord’s gthrone is in heaven;
his eyes see, his eyelids htest the children of man.
5The Lord itests the righteous,
but jhis soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence.
6Let him rain coals on the wicked;
kfire and sulfur and a scorching wind shall be lthe portion of their cup.
7For the Lord is righteous;
he mloves righteous deeds;
nthe upright shall behold his face.
Psalms 34
Taste and See That the Lord Is Good
▼▼This psalm is an acrostic poem, each verse beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet Of David, when he pchanged his behavior before qAbimelech, so that he drove him out, and he went away.
1 I will bless the Lord rat all times;his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
2My soul smakes its boast in the Lord;
let the humble hear and tbe glad.
3Oh, umagnify the Lord with me,
and let us exalt his name together!
4 I vsought the Lord, and he answered me
and delivered me from all my fears.
5Those who look to him are wradiant,
and their faces shall never be ashamed.
6 xThis poor man cried, and the Lord heard him
and ysaved him out of all his troubles.
7 zThe angel of the Lord aaencamps
around those who fear him, and delivers them.
8 Oh, abtaste and see that acthe Lord is good!
adBlessed is the man who takes refuge in him!
9Oh, fear the Lord, you his saints,
for those who fear him have no lack!
10 aeThe young lions suffer want and hunger;
but those who afseek the Lord lack no good thing.
11 agCome, O children, listen to me;
ahI will teach you the fear of the Lord.
12 aiWhat man is there who desires life
and loves many days, that he may ajsee good?
13 akKeep your tongue from evil
and your lips from alspeaking deceit.
14 amTurn away from evil and do good;
seek peace and anpursue it.
15 aoThe eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous
apand his ears toward their cry.
16 aqThe face of the Lord is against those who do evil,
to arcut off the memory of them from the earth.
17 asWhen the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears
and delivers them out of all their troubles.
18The Lord is near to atthe brokenhearted
and saves authe crushed in spirit.
19 avMany are the afflictions of the righteous,
awbut the Lord delivers him out of them all.
20He keeps all his bones;
axnot one of them is broken.
21 ayAffliction will slay the wicked,
and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.
22The Lord azredeems the life of his servants;
none of those who take refuge in him will be bacondemned.
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