Taste and see that the Lord is good
(1 Samuel 21:8-15)
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For David, when he changed his countenance before Achimelech, who dismissed him, and he went his way. [1 Kings 21]
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I will bless the Lord at all times, his praise shall be always in my mouth.
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In the Lord shall my soul be praised: let the meek hear and rejoice.
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O magnify the Lord with me; and let us extol his name together.
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I sought the Lord, and he heard me; and he delivered me from all my troubles.
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Come ye to him and be enlightened: and your faces shall not be confounded.
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This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him: and saved him out of all his troubles.
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The angel of the Lord shall encamp round about them that fear him: and shall deliver them.
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O taste, and see that the Lord is sweet: blessed is the man that hopeth in him.
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Fear the Lord, all ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.
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The rich have wanted, and have suffered hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not be deprived of any good.
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Come, children, hearken to me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
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Who is the man that desireth life: who loveth to see good days?
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Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
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Turn away from evil and do good: seek after peace and pursue it.
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The eyes of the Lord are upon the just: and his ears unto their prayers.
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But the countenance of the Lord is against them that do evil things: to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
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The just cried, and the Lord heard them: and delivered them out of all their troubles.
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The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a contrite heart: and he will save the humble of spirit.
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Many are the afflictions of the just; but out of them all will the Lord deliver them.
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The Lord keepeth all their bones, not one of them shall be broken.
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The death of the wicked is very evil: and they that hate the just shall be guilty.
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The Lord will redeem the souls of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall offend.