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I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
34:2
 
My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.
34:3
 
O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.
34:4
 
I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.
34:5
 
They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.
34:6
 
This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
34:7
 
The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.
34:8
 
O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
34:9
 
O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.
34:10
 
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.
34:11
 
Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
34:12
 
What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?
34:13
 
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
34:14
 
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
34:15
 
The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.
34:16
 
The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
34:17
 
The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
34:18
 
The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
34:19
 
Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
34:20
 
He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.
34:21
 
Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.
34:22
 
The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.

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John Wesley's Notes
Explanation posted by John Wesley on 2007-01-01 00:00:00
David praises God for his goodness to himself and others, ver. 1-7. Encourages the righteous to trust in him, ver. 8-10. Exhorts them to fear God and depart from evil, ver. 11-14. God's favour to the righteous and displeasure at the wicked, ver. 15-22 A psalm of David, when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech: who drove him away, and he departed. Title of the psalm. When - A psalm made upon that occasion, though not at that time, when he counterfeited madness. Wherein whether he sinned or not, is matter of dispute; but this is undoubted, that his deliverance deserved this solemn acknowledgment. Abimelech - Called Achish, 1 Sam. xxi, 10. But Abimelech seems to have been the common name of the kings of the Philistines, Gen. xx, 2; xxvi, 1, as Pharaoh was of the Egyptians.
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