1 | I will bless the LORD at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth. |
2 | My soul makes its boast in the LORD; let the afflicted hear and be glad. |
3 | O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together! |
4 | I sought the LORD, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears. |
5 | Look to him, and be radiant; so your faces shall never be ashamed. |
6 | This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. |
7 | The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them. |
8 | O taste and see that the LORD is good! Happy is the man who takes refuge in him! |
9 | O fear the LORD, you his saints, for those who fear him have no want! |
10 | The young lions suffer want and hunger; but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing. |
11 | Come, O sons, listen to me, I will teach you the fear of the LORD. |
12 | What man is there who desires life, and covets many days, that he may enjoy good? |
13 | Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking deceit. |
14 | Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. |
15 | The eyes of the LORD are toward the righteous, and his ears toward their cry. |
16 | The face of the LORD is against evildoers, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. |
17 | When the righteous cry for help, the LORD hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles. |
18 | The LORD is near to the brokenhearted, and saves the crushed in spirit. |
19 | Many are the afflictions of the righteous; but the LORD delivers him out of them all. |
20 | He keeps all his bones; not one of them is broken. |
21 | Evil shall slay the wicked; and those who hate the righteous will be condemned. |
22 | The LORD redeems the life of his servants; none of those who take refuge in him will be condemned. |