Psalm 33:12-34:10

New International Version

¹²Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,^(A)
    the people he chose^(B) for his inheritance.^(C)
¹³From heaven the Lord looks down^(D)
    and sees all mankind;^(E)
¹⁴from his dwelling place^(F) he watches
    all who live on earth—
¹⁵he who forms^(G) the hearts of all,
    who considers everything they do.^(H)

¹⁶No king is saved by the size of his army;^(I)
    no warrior escapes by his great strength.
¹⁷A horse^(J) is a vain hope for deliverance;
    despite all its great strength it cannot save.
¹⁸But the eyes^(K) of the Lord are on those who fear him,
    on those whose hope is in his unfailing love,^(L)
¹⁹to deliver them from death^(M)
    and keep them alive in famine.^(N)

²⁰We wait^(O) in hope for the Lord;
    he is our help and our shield.
²¹In him our hearts rejoice,^(P)
    for we trust in his holy name.^(Q)
²²May your unfailing love^(R) be with us, Lord,
    even as we put our hope in you.

Psalm 34^[a]^[b]

Of David. When he pretended to be insane^(S) before Abimelek, who drove him away, and he left.

¹I will extol the Lord at all times;^(T)
    his praise will always be on my lips.
²I will glory^(U) in the Lord;
    let the afflicted hear and rejoice.^(V)
³Glorify the Lord^(W) with me;
    let us exalt^(X) his name together.

⁴I sought the Lord,^(Y) and he answered me;
    he delivered^(Z) me from all my fears.
⁵Those who look to him are radiant;^(AA)
    their faces are never covered with shame.^(AB)
⁶This poor man called, and the Lord heard him;
    he saved him out of all his troubles.^(AC)
⁷The angel of the Lord^(AD) encamps around those who fear him,
    and he delivers^(AE) them.

⁸Taste and see that the Lord is good;^(AF)
    blessed is the one who takes refuge^(AG) in him.
⁹Fear the Lord,^(AH) you his holy people,
    for those who fear him lack nothing.^(AI)
¹⁰The lions may grow weak and hungry,
    but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.^(AJ)

Footnotes

Psalm 34:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
Psalm 34:1 In Hebrew texts 34:1-22 is numbered 34:2-23.