Psalms 33:3-18

³My soul shall boast herself in the Lord: let the meek hear, and rejoice.

⁴Magnify ye the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together.

⁵I sought the Lord diligently, and he hearkened to me, and delivered me from all my sojournings.

⁶Draw near to him, and be enlightened: and your faces shall not by any means be ashamed.

⁷This poor man cried, and the Lord hearkened to him, and delivered him out of all his afflictions.

⁸The angel of the Lord will encamp round about them that fear him, and will deliver them.

⁹Taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man who hopes in him.

¹⁰Fear the Lord, all ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.

¹¹The rich have become poor and hungry: but they that seek the Lord diligently shall not want any good thing. Pause.

¹²Come, ye children, hear me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

¹³What man is there that desires life, loving to see good days?

¹⁴Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

¹⁵Turn away from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

¹⁶The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayer:

¹⁷but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to destroy their memorial from the earth. The righteous cried, and the Lord hearkened to them,

¹⁸and delivered them out of all their afflictions.