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| | The King James Version Online Bible (KJV) | The Weymouth New Testament Online Bible (WEY) | The Basic English Online Bible (BAS) | The Douay Rheims Online Bible (DRV) |
| Psalms 34:1 | I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. | | <Of David. When he made a change in his behaviour before Abimelech, who sent him away, and he went.> I will be blessing the Lord at all times; his praise will be ever in my mouth. | For David himself. Judge thou, O Lord, them that wrong me : overthrow them that fight against me. |
| Psalms 34:2 | My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. | | My soul will say great things of the Lord: the poor in spirit will have knowledge of it and be glad. | Take hold of arms and shield : and rise up to help me. |
| Psalms 34:3 | O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together. | | O give praise to the Lord with me; let us be witnesses together of his great name. | Bring out the sword, and shut up the way against them that persecute me : say to my soul : I am thy salvation. |
| Psalms 34:4 | I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. | | I was searching for the Lord, and he gave ear to my voice, and made me free from all my fears. | Let them be confounded and ashamed that seek after my soul. Let them be turned back and be confounded that devise against me. |
| Psalms 34:5 | They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed. | | Let your eyes be turned to him and you will have light, and your faces will not be shamed. | Let them become as dust before the wind : and let the angel of the Lord straiten them. |
| Psalms 34:6 | This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. | | This poor man's cry came before the Lord, and he gave him salvation from all his troubles. | Let their way become dark and slippery; and let the angel of the Lord pursue them. |
| Psalms 34:7 | The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them. | | The angel of the Lord is ever watching over those who have fear of him, to keep them safe. | For without cause they have hidden their net for me unto destruction : without cause they have upbraided my soul. |
| Psalms 34:8 | O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. | | By experience you will see that the Lord is good; happy is the man who has faith in him. | Let the snare which he knoweth not come upon him : and let the net which he hath hidden catch him : and let the net which he hath hidden catch him : and into that very snare let them fall. |
| Psalms 34:9 | O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him. | | Keep yourselves in the fear of the Lord, all you his saints; for those who do so will have no need of anything. | But my soul shall rejoice in the Lord; and shall be delighted in his salvation. |
| Psalms 34:10 | The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing. | | The young lions are in need and have no food; but those who are looking to the Lord will have every good thing. | All my bones shall say : Lord, who is like to thee? Who deliverest the poor from the hand of them that are stronger than he; the needy and the poor from them that strip him. |
| Psalms 34:11 | Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD. | | Come, children, give attention to me; I will be your teacher in the fear of the Lord. | Unjust witnesses rising up have asked me things I knew not. |
| Psalms 34:12 | What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good? | | What man has a love of life, and a desire that his days may be increased so that he may see good? | They repaid me evil for good : to the depriving me of my soul. |
| Psalms 34:13 | Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. | | Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from words of deceit. | But as for me, when they were troublesome to me, I was clothed with haircloth. I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer shall be turned into my bosom. |
| Psalms 34:14 | Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. | | Be turned from evil, and do good; make a search for peace, desiring it with all your heart. | As a neighbour and as an own brother, so did I please : as one mourning and sorrowful so was I humbled. |
| Psalms 34:15 | The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry. | | The eyes of the Lord are on the upright, and his ears are open to their cry. | But they rejoiced against me, and came together : scourges were gathered together upon me, and I knew not. |
| Psalms 34:16 | The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. | | The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to take away the memory of them from the earth. | They were separated, and repented not : they tempted me, they scoffed at me with scorn : they gnashed upon me with their teeth. |
| Psalms 34:17 | The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. | | The cry of the upright comes before the Lord, and he takes them out of all their troubles. | Lord, when wilt thou look upon me? rescue thou soul from their malice : my only one from the lions. |
| Psalms 34:18 | The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. | | The Lord is near the broken-hearted; he is the saviour of those whose spirits are crushed down. | I will give thanks to thee in a great church; I will praise thee in a strong people. |
| Psalms 34:19 | Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all. | | Great are the troubles of the upright: but the Lord takes him safely out of them all. | Let not them that are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me : who have hated me without cause, and wink with the eyes. |
| Psalms 34:20 | He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken. | | He keeps all his bones: not one of them is broken. | For they spoke indeed peaceably to me; and speaking in the anger of the earth they devised guile. |
| Psalms 34:21 | Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate. | | Evil will put an end to the sinner, and those who are haters of righteousness will come to destruction. | And they opened their mouth wide against me; they said : Well done, well done, our eyes have seen it. |
| Psalms 34:22 | The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate. | | The Lord will be the saviour of the souls of his servants, and no one who has faith in him will be put to shame. | Thou hast seen, O Lord, be not thou silent : O Lord, depart not from me. |
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