The Lord Delivers

⁴ I sought the Lord, and he answered me
    and delivered me from all my fears.
⁵ Look to him, and be radiant,
    so your faces shall never be ashamed.
⁶ This poor soul cried and was heard by the Lord
    and was saved from every trouble.
⁷ The angel of the Lord encamps
    around those who fear him and delivers them.
⁸ O taste and see that the Lord is good;
    happy are those who take refuge in him.
⁹ O fear the Lord, you his holy ones,
    for those who fear him have no want.
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 Which of you desires life
    and covets many days to enjoy good?
¹³ Keep your tongue from evil
    and your lips from speaking deceit.
¹⁴ Depart from evil, and do good;
    seek peace, and pursue it.

¹⁵ The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
    and his ears are open to their cry.
¹⁶ The face of the Lord is against evildoers,
    to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
¹⁷ When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears
    and rescues them from all their troubles.
¹⁸ The Lord is near to the broken-hearted
    and saves the crushed in spirit.

¹⁹ Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
    but the Lord rescues them from them all.
²⁰ He keeps all their bones;
    not one of them will be broken.
²¹ Evil brings death to 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.