Psalms 34
1 I will always thank Yahweh; I will constantly praise him [MTY].
David’s. When he disguised his sanity before Abimelech, —who dismissed him, and he departed. [An Alphabetical Psalm.] Let me bless Yahweh at all times, Continually be his praise in my mouth.
2 I will boast about what Yahweh [has done]. All those who are oppressed/discouraged should hear me and rejoice.
In Yahweh, boasteth my soul, The patient oppressed-ones shall hear and be glad.
3 Join with me in telling others that Yahweh is great! You and I should together proclaim how glorious he is!
Ascribe ye greatness unto Yahweh with me, and let us exalt his Name together.
4 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.
I enquired of Yahweh, and he hath answered me, And, out of all my terrors, hath he rescued me.
5 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].
They looked unto him and were radiant, And, as for their faces, let them not be abashed.
6 I was miserable/helpless, but I called out to Yahweh, and he heard me. He rescued me from all my troubles.
This, oppressed one cried, and, Yahweh, heard—and, out of all his distresses, saved him.
7 An angel from Yahweh guards those who revere him, and the angel rescues them.
The messenger of Yahweh encampeth around them who revere him, Thus hath he delivered them.
8 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.
Oh taste and see, that good is Yahweh, —How happy the man who seeketh refuge in him!
9 All you who belong to him, revere him! Those who do that will always have the things that they need [LIT].
Revere Yahweh, ye his holy ones, For there is no want to them who revere him.
10 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].
Young lions, have come short, and suffered hunger, but, they who seek Yahweh, shall not lack any good thing.
11 You (who are my students/whom I teach), come and listen to me, and I will teach you how to revere Yahweh.
Come, ye children! hearken unto me, The reverence of Yahweh, will I teach you.
12 If [RHQ] any of you wants to enjoy life and have a good long life,
Who is the man that desireth life, Loving days, that he may see good?
13 do not say anything that is evil! Do not tell lies!
Keep thy tongue from wickedness, And thy lips from speaking deceit:
14 Turn away from doing evil, and do what is good! Always try hard to enable people to live peacefully [with each other.]
Depart from wickedness and do good, Aim at well-being, and pursue it.
15 Yahweh [MTY] carefully watches over those who [act] righteously; he always responds [MTY] to them when they call [to him for help].
The eyes of Yahweh, are towards the righteous, And, his ears, towards their cry for help:
16 But Yahweh [SYN] (is opposed to/turns away from) those who do what is evil. [And after they die], people will forget them completely.
the face of Yahweh, is against such as do wickedness, To cut off, from the earth, their memory.
17 Yahweh hears righteous people when they call out to him; he rescues them from all their troubles.
They made outcry, and Yahweh heard, And, out of all their straits, hath he rescued them.
18 Yahweh is always ready to help those who are discouraged; he rescues those who have nothing good to hope for.
Near is Yahweh, to the broken in heart, And, the crushed in spirit, will he save.
19 Righteous people may have many troubles, but Yahweh rescues them from all those troubles.
Many are the misfortunes of the righteous, But, out of them all, doth Yahweh rescue him.
20 Yahweh protects them from being harmed; [when their enemies attack them], they will not break any bones of those righteous people.
Keeping all his bones, Not, one from among them, is broken.
21 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.
Misfortune shall be the death of the lawless one, And, the haters of the righteous man, shall be held guilty.
22 Yahweh will save those who serve him. He will (not condemn/forgive) [LIT] those who trust in him.
Yahweh ransometh the soul of his servants, And none shall be held guilty, who seek refuge in him.
