My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear _thereof_, and be glad. O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together. I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. They looked unto him, and were lightened; and their faces were not ashamed. This poor man cried, and the LORD heard _him_, and saved him out of all his troubles. The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them. O taste and see that the LORD _is_ good: blessed _is_ the man _that_ trusteth in him. O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for _there is_ no want to them that fear him. The young lions do lack and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good _thing_. Come, ye children, hearken unto me, I will teach you the fear of the LORD. What man _is he that_ desireth life, _and_ loveth _many_ days, that he may see good? Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. Depart from evil, and do good, seek peace, and pursue it. The eyes of the LORD _are_ upon the righteous, and his ears _are open_ unto their cry. The face of the LORD _is_ against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. _The righteous_ cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. The LORD _is_ nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. Many _are_ the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all. He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken. Evil shall slay the wicked; and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate. The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants; and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate. This Psalm is a remarkable thanksgiving, and is nearly of the same import with the preceding, as the title of the Psalm, and the sixth verse show: for David here sets forth himself as an example and proof before all the godly, to show, that God always hears the prayers and supplications of the godly, and them that believe, and does not despise the sighings of the afflicted. David here, after a majestic opening of the Psalm, promises that he will set forth the sum of all godliness. “What man is he (saith the Psalmist) that desireth life, and loveth many days. Keep thy tongue from evil, &c.” Here, he requires before all things, the fear of the Lord, and the worship of the First Commandment: that, cleaving closely to the word, we might avoid hypocrisy and lying doctrines, and that we might truly trust in God, endure his will, and not rebel or murmur against him. And then, that we should live in peace with our neighbour, not rendering evil for evil, but blessing even our adversaries and our enemies, and, as much as in us lies, living in peace with all men, whether they be good or evil.