Today's Featured Psalm
Psalm 34

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Of David, when he changed his behavior before Abimelech, so that he drove him out, and he went away.

1 I will bless the LORD at all times;
   his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
2 My soul makes its boast in the LORD;
   let the humble hear and be glad.
3 Oh, magnify the LORD with me,
   and let us exalt his name together!

4 I sought the LORD, and he answered me
   and delivered me from all my fears.
5 Those who look to him are radiant,
   and their faces shall never be ashamed.
6 This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him
   and saved him out of all his troubles.
7 The angel of the LORD encamps
   around those who fear him, and delivers them.

8 Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good!
   Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!
9 Oh, fear the LORD, you his saints,
   for those who fear him have no lack!
10 The young lions suffer want and hunger;
   but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.

11 Come, O children, listen to me;
   I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
12 What man is there who desires life
   and loves many days, that he may see good?
13 Keep your tongue from evil
   and your lips from speaking deceit.
14 Turn away from evil and do good;
   seek peace and pursue it.

15 The eyes of the LORD are toward the righteous
   and his ears toward their cry.
16 The face of the LORD is against those who do evil,
   to cut off the memory of them from the earth.
17 When the righteous cry for help, the LORD hears
   and delivers them out of all their troubles.
18 The LORD is near to the brokenhearted
   and saves the crushed in spirit.

19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
   but the LORD delivers him out of them all.
20 He keeps all his bones;
   not one of them is broken.
21 Affliction will slay the wicked,
   and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.
22 The LORD redeems the life of his servants;
   none of those who take refuge in him will be condemned.

Scripture taken from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Psalm Devotional
Taste and See

David was on the run from King Saul. He was in such a desperate situation that he chose to run to Gath, the land of the Philistines. David knew he would be viewed as a threat in Gath, so he took desperate measures by feigning madness before King Achish. He stood at the city gates with saliva running down his beard (1 Sam. 21:13).

David had reached rock bottom, but God still delivered him. After this incident, David fled to the Cave of Adullam, where he wrote this psalm.

The first seven verses of this psalm teach five principles that capture the essence of biblical worship. First, these verses reveal that worship begins in the heart of the believer. In verses 1-2, David uses the personal pronouns “I” and “my” to reflect that he is personally praising God for his deliverance.

Second, worship involves all that we are. David states that he will worship God with his entire life (“at all times”) and with all his being (“My soul will boast in the Lord”).

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Redemption album art At All Times I Will Bless the LORD (Psalm 34A)
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Refuge album art I Will at All Times Bless the Lord (Psalm 34B)
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Redemption album art O Sons and Daughters, Come (Psalm 34C)
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Sing a New Song album art In Every Time I'll Always Bless the LORD (Psalm 34C)
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