A Psalm of David, when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech; who drove him away, and he departed.

א Aleph

1I will bless the LORD at all times:

His praise shall continually be in my mouth.

ב Bet

2My soul shall make her boast in the LORD:

The humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.

ג Gimel

3O magnify the LORD with me,

And let us exalt his name together.

ד Dalet

4I sought the LORD, and he heard me,

And delivered me from all my fears.

ה He

5They looked unto him, and were lightened:

And their faces were not ashamed.

ז Zain

6This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him,

And saved him out of all his troubles.

ח Het

7The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him,

And delivereth them.

ט Tet

8O taste and see that the LORD is good:

Blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

י Yod

9O fear the LORD, ye his saints:

For there is no want to them that fear him.

כ Kaph

10The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger:

But they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.

ל Lamed

11Come, ye children, hearken unto me:

I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

מ Mem

12What man is he that desireth life,

And loveth many days, that he may see good?

נ Nun

13Keep thy tongue from evil,

And thy lips from speaking guile.

ס Samek

14Depart from evil, and do good;

Seek peace, and pursue it.

ע Ain

15The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous,

And his ears are open unto their cry.

פ Pe

16The face of the LORD is against them that do evil,

To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

צ Zade

17The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth,

And delivereth them out of all their troubles.

ק Qoph

18The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart;

And saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

ר Resh

19Many are the afflictions of the righteous:

But the LORD delivereth him out of them all.

ש Shin

20He keepeth all his bones:

Not one of them is broken.

ת Taw

21Evil shall slay the wicked:

And they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.

22The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants:

And none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.