Psalm 34:12–22

¹²Who is the man who delights in life,

who desires to see good days?

¹³Keep your tongue from evil

and your lips from deceitful speech.

¹⁴Turn away from evil and do good;

seek peace and pursue it.

¹⁵The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous,

and His ears are inclined to their cry.^c

¹⁶But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil,^d

to wipe out all memory of them from the earth.

¹⁷The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears;

He delivers them from all their troubles.

¹⁸The LORD is near to the brokenhearted;

He saves the contrite in spirit.

¹⁹Many are the afflictions of the righteous,

but the LORD delivers him from them all.

²⁰He protects all his bones;

not one of them will be broken.^e

²¹Evil will slay the wicked,

and the haters of the righteous will be condemned.

²²The LORD redeems His servants,

and none who take refuge in Him will be condemned.