The Psalms, starting at chapter 34
Psalm 34
By David; when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, who drove
him away, and he departed.[1]
{34:1} I will bless Yahweh at all times.
His praise will always be in my mouth.
{34:2} My soul shall boast in Yahweh.
The humble shall hear of it, and be glad.
{34:3} Oh magnify Yahweh with me.
Let us exalt his name together.
{34:4} I sought Yahweh, and he answered me,
and delivered me from all my fears.
{34:5} They looked to him, and were radiant.
Their faces shall never be covered with shame.
{34:6} This poor man cried, and Yahweh heard him,
and saved him out of all his troubles.
{34:7} The angel of Yahweh encamps around those who fear him,
and delivers them.
{34:8} Oh taste and see that Yahweh is good.
Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.
{34:9} Oh fear Yahweh, you his saints,
for there is no lack with those who fear him.
{34:10} The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger,
but those who seek Yahweh shall not lack any good thing.
{34:11} Come, you children, listen to me.
I will teach you the fear of Yahweh.
{34:12} Who is someone who desires life,
and loves many days, that he may see good?
{34:13} Keep your tongue from evil,
and your lips from speaking lies.
{34:14} Depart from evil, and do good.
seek peace, and pursue it.
{34:15} Yahweh's eyes are toward the righteous.
His ears listen to their cry.
{34:16} Yahweh's face is against those who do evil,
to cut off the memory of them from the earth.
{34:17} The righteous cry, and Yahweh hears,
and delivers them out of all their troubles.
{34:18} Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart,
and saves those who have a crushed spirit.
{34:19} Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
but Yahweh delivers him out of them all.
{34:20} He protects all of his bones.
Not one of them is broken.
{34:21} Evil shall kill the wicked.
Those who hate the righteous shall be condemned.
{34:22} Yahweh redeems the soul of his servants.
None of those who take refuge in him shall be condemned.
Psalm 35
By David.
{35:1} Contend, Yahweh, with those who contend with me.
Fight against those who fight against me.
{35:2} Take hold of shield and buckler,
and stand up for my help.
{35:3} Brandish the spear and block those who pursue me.
Tell my soul, "I am your salvation."
{35:4} Let those who seek after my soul be disappointed and brought to
dishonor.
Let those who plot my ruin be turned back and confounded.
{35:5} Let them be as chaff before the wind,
Yahweh's angel driving them on.
{35:6} Let their way be dark and slippery,
Yahweh's angel pursuing them.
{35:7} For without cause they have hidden their net in a pit for me.
Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.
{35:8} Let destruction come on him unawares.
Let his net that he has hidden catch himself.
Let him fall into that destruction.
{35:9} My soul shall be joyful in Yahweh.
It shall rejoice in his salvation.
{35:10} All my bones shall say, "Yahweh, 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?"
{35:11} Unrighteous witnesses rise up.
They ask me about things that I don't know about.
{35:12} They reward me evil for good,
to the bereaving of my soul.
{35:13} 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.
{35:14} I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother.
I bowed down mourning, as one who mourns his mother.
{35:15} 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.
{35:16} Like the profane mockers in feasts,
they gnashed their teeth at me.
{35:17} Lord, how long will you look on?
Rescue my soul from their destruction,
my precious life from the lions.
{35:18} I will give you thanks in the great assembly.
I will praise you among many people.
{35:19} Don't let those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me;
neither let those who hate me without a cause wink their eyes.
{35:20} For they don't speak peace,
but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the
land.
{35:21} Yes, they opened their mouth wide against me.
They said, "Aha! Aha! Our eye has seen it!"
{35:22} You have seen it, Yahweh. Don't keep silent.
Lord, don't be far from me.
{35:23} Wake up! Rise up to defend me, my God!
My Lord, contend for me!
{35:24} Vindicate me, Yahweh my God, according to your righteousness.
Don't let them gloat over me.
{35:25} 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!"
{35:26} 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.
{35:27} Let them shout for joy and be glad, who favor my righteous
cause.
Yes, let them say continually, "Yahweh be magnified,
who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant!"
{35:28} My tongue shall talk about your righteousness and about your
praise all day long.
Psalm 36
For the Chief Musician. By David, the servant of Yahweh.
{36:1} An oracle is within my heart about the disobedience of the
wicked:
"There is no fear of God before his eyes."
{36:2} For he flatters himself in his own eyes,
too much to detect and hate his sin.
{36:3} The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit.
He has ceased to be wise and to do good.
{36:4} He plots iniquity on his bed.
He sets himself in a way that is not good.
He doesn't abhor evil.
{36:5} Your loving kindness, Yahweh, is in the heavens.
Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
{36:6} Your righteousness is like the mountains of God.
Your judgments are like a great deep.
Yahweh, you preserve man and animal.
{36:7} How precious is your loving kindness, God!
The children of men take refuge under the shadow of your wings.
{36:8} They shall be abundantly satisfied with the abundance of your
house.
You will make them drink of the river of your pleasures.
{36:9} For with you is the spring of life.
In your light shall we see light.
{36:10} Oh continue your loving kindness to those who know you,
your righteousness to the upright in heart.
{36:11} Don't let the foot of pride come against me.
Don't let the hand of the wicked drive me away.
{36:12} There the workers of iniquity are fallen.
They are thrust down, and shall not be able to rise.
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Footnotes:
[1] {34:0} Psalm 34 is an acrostic poem, with each verse starting with
a letter of the alphabet (ordered from Alef to Tav).
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