The Path to a Blessed Life

Psalms 34:11-18

Come, children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of ADONAI.

Which of you takes pleasure in living? Who wants a long life to see good things?

[If you do,] keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceiving talk;

turn from evil, and do good; seek peace, go after it!

The eyes of ADONAI watch over the righteous, and his ears are open to their cry.

But the face of ADONAI opposes those who do evil, to cut off all memory of them from the earth.

[The righteous] cried out, and ADONAI heard, and he saved them from all their troubles.

ADONAI is near those with broken hearts; he saves those whose spirit is crushed.