A Psalm of David, when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech; who drove him away, and he departed.
א Aleph
1 I will bless the LORD at all times:
His praise shall continually be in my mouth.
ב Bet
2 My soul shall make her boast in the LORD:
The humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.
ג Gimel
3 O magnify the LORD with me,
And let us exalt his name together.
ד Dalet
4 I sought the LORD, and he heard me,
And delivered me from all my fears.
ה He
5 They looked unto him, and were lightened:
And their faces were not ashamed.
ז Zain
6 This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him,
And saved him out of all his troubles.
ח Het
7 The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him,
And delivereth them.
ט Tet
8 O taste and see that the LORD is good:
Blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
י Yod
9 O fear the LORD, ye his saints:
For there is no want to them that fear him.
כ Kaph
10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger:
But they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.
ל Lamed
11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me:
I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
מ Mem
12 What man is he that desireth life,
And loveth many days, that he may see good?
נ Nun
13 Keep thy tongue from evil,
And thy lips from speaking guile.
ס Samek
14 Depart from evil, and do good;
Seek peace, and pursue it.
ע Ain
15 The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous,
And his ears are open unto their cry.
פ Pe
16 The face of the LORD is against them that do evil,
To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
צ Zade
17 The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth,
And delivereth them out of all their troubles.
ק Qoph
18 The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart;
And saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
ר Resh
19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous:
But the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
ש Shin
20 He keepeth all his bones:
Not one of them is broken.
ת Taw
21 Evil shall slay the wicked:
And they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.
22 The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants:
And none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.