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I will boast[a] in the Lord;
let the oppressed hear and rejoice.[b]
Magnify the Lord with me.
Let us praise[c] his name together.
I sought the Lord’s help[d] and he answered me;
he delivered me from all my fears.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 34:2 tn Heb “my soul will boast”; or better, “let my soul boast.” Following the cohortative form in v. 1, it is likely that the prefixed verbal form here is jussive.
  2. Psalm 34:2 tn The two prefixed verbal forms in this verse are best taken as jussives, for the psalmist is calling his audience to worship (see v. 3).
  3. Psalm 34:3 tn Or “exalt.”
  4. Psalm 34:4 tn Heb “I sought the Lord.”