Faith is thus enabled to bless at all times; the sure government of God secures the deliverance from whatever trials of the man who fears God and departs from evil.

[A psalm] of David when he changed his behavior before Abimelech, who drove him away and he departed.

ALEPH.
I will bless Jehovah at all times; continually shall His praise be in my mouth.

BETH.
2. In Jehovah my soul shall boast:the humble shall hear thereof and be glad.

GIMEL.
3. O magnify Jehovah with me, and let us exalt His name together.

DALETH.
4. I sought Jehovah and He answered me, and rescued me from all my fears.

HE.
5. Men look unto Him and are lightened, and their faces are never ashamed.

ZAIN
6. This poor man cried, and Jehovah heard him, and saved him from all his distresses.

CHETH
7. The angel of Jehovah encampeth round about them that fear Him, and delivereth them.

TETH.
8. Taste and see that Jehovah is good; happy the man who taketh refuge in Him.

JOD.
9. Fear Jehovah, ye His saints; for there is no want to them that fear Him.

CAPH.
10. The lions do lack, and suffer hunger; but they that fear Jehovah shall not want any good.

LAMED.
11. Come, ye children, hearken unto me; I will teach you the fear of Jehovah.

MEM.
12. Who is the man that desireth life, that loveth [many] days, that he may see good ?

NUN.

13. Guard thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking deceit.

SAMECH.
14. Depart from evil, and do good:seek peace and pursue it.

AYIN.
15. The eyes of Jehovah are toward the righteous, and His ears toward their cry.

PE.
16. The face of Jehovah is against them that do evil, to cut off their remembrance from the earth.

TSADDI.
17. Men cry, and Jehovah heareth, and delivereth them from all their distresses.

KUPH.
18. Jehovah is nigh to the broken of heart, and the contrite of spirit He saveth.

RESH.
19. Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but out of them all Jehovah delivereth them.

SCHIN.
20. He keepeth all his bones; not one of them is broken.

TAV.
21. Evil shall slay the wicked, and the haters of the righteous shall be desolate.

22. Jehovah redeemeth the soul of His servants, and none of them that take refuge in Him shall be desolate.

Text.-(5, 17) "Men" is not expressed in the original; it is simply "they."

An alphabetic psalm with one letter (Vav) wanting, and a verse added at the end to make up the number:a structure exactly like psalm xxv, even to the initial Pe of the concluding verse.