Psalm 34

Setting

At all times I will bless the LORD;

Free Church of Scotland psalter · C.M.

The words

At all times I will bless the LORD; I’ll praise him with my voice. Because I glory in the LORD, let troubled souls rejoice.

Together let us praise the LORD; exalt his name with me. I sought the LORD; his answer came: from fears he set me free.

They look to him and shine with joy; they are not put to shame. This suffering man cried to the LORD; from him deliverance came.

The angel of the LORD surrounds and guards continually All those who fear and honour him; he sets his people free.

Come, taste and see—the LORD is good; who trusts in him is blessed. O fear the LORD, you saints; with need you will not be oppressed.

Young lions may grow weak and faint and hunger for their food, But those who wait upon the LORD will not lack any good.

Come here, my children! Gather round and listen to my word; And I will help you understand how you may fear the LORD.

Does anyone delight in life and long to see good days? Then keep your tongue from evil speech, your lips from lying ways.

Depart and turn from evil paths and practise what is right. Desire to know the way of peace; pursue it with your might.

The LORD’s eyes are upon the just; he listens to their plea. The wicked he rejects, and blots from earth their memory.

The righteous cry; the LORD responds and frees them when distressed. The LORD draws near the broken heart and rescues the depressed.

From all the troubles of the just the LORD will set him free. The LORD protects his every bone; and broken none will be.

The wicked are condemned to death, all those who hate the just. God saves his own; they’re not condemned, for in the LORD they trust.

Source & provenance

Free Church of Scotland psalter · psalter

An unedited transcription of the Sing Psalms (Free Church of Scotland, 2003) edition.

Full provenance & rights
Base edition
Sing Psalms (Free Church of Scotland, 2003)
Editor
Psalmody Committee of the Free Church of Scotland
Editing
unedited transcription

Rights

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Tunes it can be sung to

6 tunes · all curated well-matched · CM

  • Bedford

  • Jackson

  • Resignation

  • St. David

  • St. Stephen

The other 1 tunes
  • West Burn

How is this list ordered?

Curated pairings come first — a tune a curator recorded against this text, with the fitness they recorded. A tune that merely shares the meter is listed as a tune in the same meter and never as a pairing.

Nothing here is ranked by popularity or use. The page reports what a curator recorded, not a verdict of its own.