Taste and See That the Lord Is Good

1 Of David, when he nchanged his behavior before oAbimelech, so that he drove him out, and he went away.

¹I will bless the Lord pat all times;

his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

²My soul qmakes its boast in the Lord;

let the humble hear and rbe glad.

³Oh, smagnify the Lord with me,

and let us exalt his name together!

⁴I tsought the Lord, and he answered me

and delivered me from all my fears.

⁵Those who look to him are uradiant,

and their faces shall never be ashamed.

⁶vThis poor man cried, and the Lord heard him

and wsaved him out of all his troubles.

⁷xThe angel of the Lord yencamps

around those who fear him, and delivers them.

⁸Oh, ztaste and see that athe Lord is good!

bBlessed is the man who takes refuge in him!

⁹Oh, fear the Lord, you his saints,

for those who fear him have no lack!

¹⁰cThe young lions suffer want and hunger;

but those who dseek the Lord lack no good thing.

¹¹eCome, O children, listen to me;

fI will teach you the fear of the Lord.

¹²gWhat man is there who desires life

and loves many days, that he may hsee good?

¹³iKeep your tongue from evil

and your lips from jspeaking deceit.

¹⁴kTurn away from evil and do good;

seek peace and lpursue it.

¹⁵mThe eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous

nand his ears toward their cry.

¹⁶oThe face of the Lord is against those who do evil,

to pcut off the memory of them from the earth.

¹⁷nWhen the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears

and delivers them out of all their troubles.

¹⁸The Lord is near to qthe brokenhearted

and saves rthe crushed in spirit.

¹⁹sMany are the afflictions of the righteous,

tbut the Lord delivers him out of them all.

²⁰He keeps all his bones;

unot one of them is broken.

²¹vAffliction will slay the wicked,

and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.

²²The Lord wredeems the life of his servants;

none of those who take refuge in him will be xcondemned.