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Psalm 34:1-22

Taste and See

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Taste and See

Psalm 34:1-22

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This song belongs to the Psalms collection. One recording is available to play here, with the complete lyrics below.

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Psalms
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Psalms
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I will speak well of the Lord whatever happens; His praise will not leave my mouth. Everything in me is going to boast about the Lord. The ones who have been put low will hear it and be glad. Make the Lord large with me; Let us lift His name together. I went looking for the Lord and He answered me And got me out from under everything I was afraid of. They looked to Him and their faces cleared; They were not sent away ashamed. Taste it and see for yourself how good the Lord is. It goes well for anyone who shelters in Him. This poor man called out, and the Lord heard, And saved him out of every tight place he was in. The angel of the Lord camps around The people who fear Him, and gets them out. Respect the Lord, you who belong to Him, Because the ones who fear Him do not go without. Young lions run short and go hungry, But those who go looking for the Lord Will not be missing anything good. Come here, all of you; listen to me. I will teach you what it is to fear the Lord. Which of you wants a life, And wants enough days to see something good in them? Then keep your tongue off what is evil And your lips off saying what is false. Turn away from harm and do good; Go after peace, and keep going after it. The eyes of the Lord are on the ones doing right, And His ears are open to the sound they make. The Lord stays close to people whose hearts have broken And saves the ones whose spirit has been crushed. Plenty goes wrong for those who do right, But the Lord brings them out of all of it. The Lord buys back the lives of the ones who serve Him, And not one who shelters in Him is left desolate.

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Psalms 34: The rescued man becomes a teacher

Psalm 34 turns one man's rescue into a school of praise. The Book of Psalms begins with a boast that makes the humble glad because the subject of the boast is not the speaker's importance but the Lord who heard a poor man's cry. Personal experience then broadens into invitation: magnify, taste, see, fear, listen, learn. The instruction is strikingly practical. Fear of the Lord reaches the tongue, lips, conduct, and the active pursuit of peace. Divine attention is described through eyes, ears, and face, with special nearness named at the point of brokenheartedness. Yet the psalm refuses easy prosperity. "Many are the afflictions of the righteous" stands inside the same poem that promises care. The difference is not between belonging to God and never suffering. It is between affliction and final abandonment, ending with the Lord's redeeming claim upon servants who trust in him.

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