34:12 Do you want to really live? 1
Would you love to live a long, happy life? 2
34:13 Then make sure you don’t speak evil words 3
or use deceptive speech! 4
34:14 Turn away from evil and do what is right! 5
Strive for peace and promote it! 6
34:15 The Lord pays attention to the godly
and hears their cry for help. 7
34:16 But the Lord opposes evildoers
and wipes out all memory of them from the earth. 8
34:17 The godly 9 cry out and the Lord hears;
he saves them from all their troubles. 10
34:18 The Lord is near the brokenhearted;
he delivers 11 those who are discouraged. 12
34:19 The godly 13 face many dangers, 14
but the Lord saves 15 them 16 from each one of them.
34:20 He protects 17 all his bones; 18
not one of them is broken. 19
34:21 Evil people self-destruct; 20
those who hate the godly are punished. 21
34:22 The Lord rescues his servants; 22
all who take shelter in him escape punishment. 23