1 For David, when he changed his countenance before Achimelech, who dismissed him, and he went his way. [1 Kings 21] 2 I will bless the Lord at all times, his praise shall be always in my mouth. 3 In the Lord shall my soul be praised: let the meek hear and rejoice. 4 O magnify the Lord with me; and let us extol his name together. 5 I sought the Lord, and he heard me; and he delivered me from all my troubles. 6 Come ye to him and be enlightened: and your faces shall not be confounded. 7 This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him: and saved him out of all his troubles. 8 The angel of the Lord shall encamp round about them that fear him: and shall deliver them. 9 O taste, and see that the Lord is sweet: blessed is the man that hopeth in him. 10 Fear the Lord, all ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him. 11 The rich have wanted, and have suffered hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not be deprived of any good. 12 Come, children, hearken to me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord. 13 Who is the man that desireth life: who loveth to see good days? 14 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. 15 Turn away from evil and do good: seek after peace and pursue it. 16 The eyes of the Lord are upon the just: and his ears unto their prayers. 17 But the countenance of the Lord is against them that do evil things: to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. 18 The just cried, and the Lord heard them: and delivered them out of all their troubles. 19 The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a contrite heart: and he will save the humble of spirit. 20 Many are the afflictions of the just; but out of them all will the Lord deliver them. 21 The Lord keepeth all their bones, not one of them shall be broken. 22 The death of the wicked is very evil: and they that hate the just shall be guilty. 23 The Lord will redeem the souls of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall offend.
Psalms · Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
Psalm 33 (34) Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · Psalm 34 · About the recordings
Notes on this text (2)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
- Psalms follow the Greek/Latin numbering.
Cross references (23)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info. References use English (Hebrew-based) verse numbers; links open the passage in DRB.
- 1 1 Thessalonians 5:18; Colossians 3:17; Psalm 145:1–2; Ephesians 5:20; Psalm 71:8
- 2 1 Thessalonians 5:18; Colossians 3:17; Psalm 145:1–2; Ephesians 5:20; Psalm 71:8
- 3 Jeremiah 9:24; 1 Corinthians 1:31; Psalm 119:74; Psalm 44:8; 1 Timothy 1:15–16
- 4 Psalm 69:30; Luke 1:46; Psalm 148:1–14; Revelation 19:5–6; Psalm 40:16
- 5 Psalm 18:6; Matthew 7:7; Psalm 116:1–6; Psalm 56:3; 2 Timothy 1:7
- 6 Hebrews 12:2; Psalm 123:1–2; Psalm 18:28; Psalm 25:3; Isaiah 60:5
- 7 Psalm 34:17–19; Psalm 3:4; Psalm 10:17; Psalm 66:16–20; Psalm 40:17
- 8 Psalm 91:11; Daniel 6:22; Hebrews 1:14; 2 Kings 19:35; 2 Kings 6:17
- 9 Psalm 119:103; Hebrews 6:4–5; 1 Peter 2:2–3; Jeremiah 31:14; Psalm 63:5
- 10 Romans 8:32; Philippians 4:19; Psalm 23:1; Luke 12:30–32; Psalm 31:23
- 11 Psalm 84:11; Matthew 6:32; Psalm 104:21; Luke 1:51–53; Job 4:10–11
- 12 Proverbs 1:7; Psalm 111:10; Proverbs 2:1–9; Psalm 32:8; Isaiah 28:9
- 13 1 Peter 3:10–12; Deuteronomy 30:20; Deuteronomy 6:2; Psalm 91:16; Ecclesiastes 12:13
- 14 James 3:5–10; Psalm 141:3; Proverbs 21:23; 1 Peter 2:22; James 1:19
- 15 Psalm 37:27; 1 Peter 3:11; Hebrews 12:14; 3 John 11; Romans 12:9
- 16 1 Peter 3:12; Psalm 34:17; Psalm 33:18; Job 36:7; Psalm 130:2
- 17 Proverbs 10:7; Jeremiah 44:11; Jeremiah 17:13; Leviticus 17:10; Job 18:17
- 18 Psalm 145:18–20; Isaiah 65:24; Psalm 34:19; Psalm 34:6; Psalm 91:15
- 19 Psalm 147:3; Psalm 145:18; Isaiah 57:15; Isaiah 61:1; Psalm 51:17
- 20 Psalm 34:17; 1 Peter 4:12–13; Psalm 34:6; 2 Corinthians 4:17; John 16:33
- 21 John 19:36; Psalm 35:10; Psalm 91:12; Daniel 6:22–24
- 22 Psalm 94:23; Isaiah 3:11; Proverbs 24:16; Psalm 37:12–15; Psalm 89:23
- 23 Psalm 103:4; 1 Peter 1:18–19; Psalm 31:5; Psalm 71:23; 2 Samuel 4:9
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations). Verse numbers below follow the Hebrew/English numbering: 34.
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
The righteous cried, and the Lord heard him, and delivered him out of all his troubles." "Many are the stripes [appointed for] the wicked; but mercy shall compass those about who hope in the Lord." Chapter XXIII — Be humble, and believe that Christ will come again The all-merciful and beneficent Father has bowels [of compassion] towards those that fear …
… is eternal, and the wrath of God which shall be revealed from heaven from the face of our Lord (as David also says, "But the face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth" ), entails a heavier punishment on those who incur it,--the elders pointed out that those …
For Thou art great, O Lord, and hast respect unto the lowly, but the proud Thou knowest afar off." Nor dost Thou draw near but to the contrite heart, nor art Thou found by the proud, --not even could they number by cunning skill the stars and the sand, and measure the starry regions, and trace the courses of the …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
For it is said, "Depart from evil, and do good;" and again, "Make thy tongue to cease from evil, and thy lips that they speak no guile." "But tell me the good too." "Seek peace, and pursue it:" I mean not peace with man only, but also peace with God.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
Therefore magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His Name together,--all of us in common, for one alone is powerless; nay rather, even if we be all united together, we shall yet not do it as we ought.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)