{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/drb/psalms/34","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-31T07:39:17.106Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":34,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":33,"nextChapter":35,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":22},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"For David, when he changed his countenance before Achimelech, who dismissed him, and he went his way. [1 Kings 21.] I will bless the Lord at all times, his praise shall be always in my mouth. "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"In the Lord shall my soul be praised: let the meek hear and rejoice. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"O magnify the Lord with me; and let us extol his name together. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"I sought the Lord, and he heard me; and he delivered me from all my troubles. "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Come ye to him and be enlightened: and your faces shall not be confounded. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him: and saved him out of all his troubles. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"The angel of the Lord shall encamp round about them that fear him: and shall deliver them. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"O taste, and see that the Lord is sweet: blessed is the man that hopeth in him. "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Fear the Lord, all ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him. "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"The rich have wanted, and have suffered hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not be deprived of any good. "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Come, children, hearken to me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord. "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Who is the man that desireth life: who loveth to see good days? "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Turn away from evil and do good: seek after peace and pursue it. "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"The eyes of the Lord are upon the just: and his ears unto their prayers. "},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"But the countenance of the Lord is against them that do evil things: to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. "},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"The just cried, and the Lord heard them: and delivered them out of all their troubles. "},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a contrite heart: and he will save the humble of spirit. "},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Many are the afflictions of the just; but out of them all will the Lord deliver them. "},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"The Lord keepeth all their bones, not one of them shall be broken. "},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"The death of the wicked is very evil: and they that hate the just shall be guilty. "},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"The Lord will redeem the souls of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall offend. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 34 (DRB)","markdown":"[Psalms 34](https://primebible.com/drb/psalms/34)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/psalms/34 (accessed 2026-05-31)."}}