Psalms 34

1 A Psalme of Dauid, when he changed his behauiour before Abimelech, who droue him away, and he departed. I will alway giue thankes vnto the Lord: his praise shalbe in my mouth continually.

I will always thank Yahweh; I will constantly praise him [MTY].

2 My soule shall glory in the Lord: the humble shall heare it, and be glad.

I will boast about what Yahweh [has done]. All those who are oppressed/discouraged should hear me and rejoice.

3 Praise ye the Lord with me, and let vs magnifie his Name together.

Join with me in telling others that Yahweh is great! You and I should together proclaim how glorious he is!

4 I sought the Lord, and he heard me: yea, he deliuered me out of all my feare.

I prayed to Yahweh, and he (answered my prayer/did what I asked him to do); he rescued me from [all those who caused me] to be afraid.

5 They shall looke vnto him, and runne to him: and their faces shall not be ashamed, saying,

Those who trust [IDM] that he [will help them] will be joyful; (they will never be disappointed/he will always do for them the things that he promises) [LIT].

6 This poore man cryed, and the Lord heard him, and saued him out of all his troubles.

I was miserable/helpless, but I called out to Yahweh, and he heard me. He rescued me from all my troubles.

7 The Angel of the Lord pitcheth round about them, that feare him, and deliuereth them.

An angel from Yahweh guards those who revere him, and the angel rescues them.

8 Taste ye and see, howe gratious the Lord is: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

Find out for yourself, and you will experience that Yahweh is good to you! He is very pleased with those who ask him to protect them.

9 Feare the Lord, ye his Saintes: for nothing wanteth to them that feare him.

All you who belong to him, revere him! Those who do that will always have the things that they need [LIT].

10 The lyons doe lacke and suffer hunger, but they, which seeke the Lord, shall want nothing that is good.

Lions [are usually] very strong, [but sometimes] even young lions are hungry and become weak, but those who trust in Yahweh will (have everything/not lack any good thing) [LIT] [that they need].

11 Come children, hearken vnto me: I will teache you the feare of the Lord.

You (who are my students/whom I teach), come and listen to me, and I will teach you how to revere Yahweh.

12 What man is he, that desireth life, and loueth long dayes for to see good?

If [RHQ] any of you wants to enjoy life and have a good long life,

13 Keepe thy tongue from euill, and thy lips, that they speake no guile.

do not say anything that is evil! Do not tell lies!

14 Eschewe euill and doe good: seeke peace and follow after it.

Turn away from doing evil, and do what is good! Always try hard to enable people to live peacefully [with each other.]

15 The eyes of the Lord are vpon the righteous, and his eares are open vnto their crie.

Yahweh [MTY] carefully watches over those who [act] righteously; he always responds [MTY] to them when they call [to him for help].

16 But the face of the Lord is against them that doe euill, to cut off their remembrance from the earth.

But Yahweh [SYN] (is opposed to/turns away from) those who do what is evil. [And after they die], people will forget them completely.

17 The righteous crie, and the Lord heareth them, and deliuereth them out of all their troubles.

Yahweh hears righteous people when they call out to him; he rescues them from all their troubles.

18 The Lord is neere vnto them that are of a contrite heart, and will saue such as be afflicted in Spirite.

Yahweh is always ready to help those who are discouraged; he rescues those who have nothing good to hope for.

19 Great are the troubles of the righteous: but the Lord deliuereth him out of them all.

Righteous people may have many troubles, but Yahweh rescues them from all those troubles.

20 He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.

Yahweh protects them from being harmed; [when their enemies attack them], they will not break any bones of those righteous people.

21 But malice shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous, shall perish.

Wicked people will be killed by their own evil deeds (OR, by [people doing to them] the same evil things [that the wicked do to others]) [PRS], and Yahweh will punish those who oppose righteous people.

22 The Lord redeemeth the soules of his seruants: and none, that trust in him, shall perish.

Yahweh will save those who serve him. He will (not condemn/forgive) [LIT] those who trust in him.