Psalm 34
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Praise God Who Judges and Saves
David’s song from the time he ·acted crazy [acted mad/insane; L changed his mind/discernment] so Abimelech [C perhaps another name for Achish] would ·send [drive] him away, and David did leave [1 Sam. 21:10–15].
34 I will ·praise [bless] the Lord at all times;
his praise is always ·on my lips [L in my mouth].
2 My ·whole being [soul] praises the Lord.
The ·poor [humble] will hear and be glad.
3 ·Glorify [Praise; Magnify] the Lord with me,
and let us ·praise [L extol] his name together.
4 I ·asked the Lord for help [sought the Lord], and he answered me.
He ·saved [rescued; T delivered] me from all that I feared.
5 Those who ·go [L look] to him for help are ·happy [radiant],
and ·they [L their faces] are never ·disgraced [shamed].
6 This ·poor [afflicted] man [C someone in the congregation or the psalmist himself] ·called [prayed], and the Lord heard him
and ·saved him from [gave him victory over] all his ·troubles [distress].
7 The angel of the Lord [91:11; Gen. 32:1–2; 2 Kin. 6:17; Matt. 4:5–6] camps around those who fear God [Prov. 1:7],
and he saves them.
8 ·Examine [L Taste] and see how good the Lord is.
·Happy [Blessed] is the person who ·trusts [finds refuge in] him.
9 You ·who belong to the Lord [holy ones], fear him [Prov. 1:7]!
Those who fear him will ·have everything they need [not lack anything; 23:1].
10 Even lions [C the most noble wild beast] may get weak and hungry,
but those who ·look to [seek] the Lord ·will have every [L do not lack any] good thing.
11 Children, come and listen to me.
I will teach you ·to worship [L the fear of] the Lord.
12 ·You must do these things
to enjoy life and have many happy days [L Who of you takes pleasure in life and loves days to experience good?].
13 You must ·not say evil things [L guard/keep your tongue from evil],
and ·you must not tell lies [L your lips from deception].
14 ·Stop doing [L Turn aside from] evil and do good.
·Look for [Seek] peace and ·work for [pursue] it.
15 ·The Lord sees the [L The eyes of the Lord are on] ·good [righteous] people
and ·listens to their prayers [L his ears attend to their cries for help].
16 But the ·Lord is [L face of the Lord is] against those who do evil;
he ·makes the world forget them [L cuts memory of them off the earth].
17 ·The Lord hears good people when they [L They] cry out to him,
and he saves them from all their ·troubles [distress].
18 The Lord is close to the brokenhearted,
and he saves those whose spirits have been crushed.
19 People who ·do what is right may [are righteous] have many ·problems [afflictions],
but the Lord ·will solve them [L saves them from them] all.
20 He will protect their very bones;
not one of them will be broken.
21 Evil will kill the wicked;
those who hate ·good [righteous] people will be judged guilty.
22 But the Lord ·saves [redeems; ransoms] his servants’ lives;
no one who ·trusts [finds refuge in] him will be judged guilty.
詩篇 34
Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Traditional)
頌讚耶和華之救恩
34 大衛在亞比米勒面前裝瘋，被他趕出去，就作這詩。
1 我要時時稱頌耶和華，讚美他的話必常在我口中。
2 我的心必因耶和華誇耀，謙卑人聽見，就要喜樂。
3 你們和我當稱耶和華為大，一同高舉他的名。
4 我曾尋求耶和華，他就應允我，救我脫離了一切的恐懼。
5 凡仰望他的便有光榮，他們的臉必不蒙羞。
6 我這困苦人呼求，耶和華便垂聽，救我脫離一切患難。
7 耶和華的使者在敬畏他的人四圍安營，搭救他們。
投靠主者乃為有福
8 你們要嘗嘗主恩的滋味，便知道他是美善。投靠他的人有福了！
9 耶和華的聖民哪，你們當敬畏他，因敬畏他的一無所缺。
10 少壯獅子還缺食忍餓，但尋求耶和華的，什麼好處都不缺。
11 眾弟子啊，你們當來聽我的話，我要將敬畏耶和華的道教訓你們。
12 有何人喜好存活，愛慕長壽，得享美福，
13 就要禁止舌頭不出惡言，嘴唇不說詭詐的話。
14 要離惡行善，尋求和睦，一心追趕。
15 耶和華的眼目看顧義人，他的耳朵聽他們的呼求。
16 耶和華向行惡的人變臉，要從世上除滅他們的名號。
17 義人呼求，耶和華聽見了，便救他們脫離一切患難。
18 耶和華靠近傷心的人，拯救靈性痛悔的人。
19 義人多有苦難，但耶和華救他脫離這一切，
20 又保全他一身的骨頭，連一根也不折斷。
21 惡必害死惡人，恨惡義人的必被定罪。
22 耶和華救贖他僕人的靈魂，凡投靠他的必不致定罪。
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