Psalm 34:12–16
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34:12Do you want to really live?20
Would you love to live a long, happy life?21
34:13Then make sure you don’t speak evil words22
or use deceptive speech!23
34:14Turn away from evil and do what is right!24
Strive for peace and promote it!25
34:15The Lord pays attention to the godly
and hears their cry for help.26
34:16But the Lord opposes evildoers
and wipes out all memory of them from the earth.27
Footnotes
- 20 Heb “Who is the man who desires life?” The rhetorical question is used to grab the audience’s attention. “Life” probably refers here to quality of life, not just physical existence or even duration of life. See the following line.
- 21 Heb “[Who] loves days to see good?”
- 22 Heb “guard your tongue from evil.”
- 23 Heb “and your lips from speaking deception.”
- 24 Or “do good.”
- 25 Heb “seek peace and pursue it.”
- 26 Heb “the eyes of the Lord [are] toward the godly, and his ears [are] toward their cry for help.”
- 27 Heb “the face of the Lord [is] against the doers of evil to cut off from the earth memory of them.”
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
What man is there who desires life
and loves many days, that he may see good?
Keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from speaking deceit.
Turn away from evil and do good;
seek peace and pursue it.
The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous
and his ears toward their cry.
The face of the Lord is against those who do evil,
to cut off the memory of them from the earth.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Whoever of you loves life
and desires to see many good days,
keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from telling lies.
Turn from evil and do good;
seek peace and pursue it.
The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
and his ears are attentive to their cry;
but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil,
to blot out their name from the earth.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Who is someone who desires life,
loving a long life to enjoy what is good?
Keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from deceitful speech.
Turn away from evil and do what is good;
seek peace and pursue it.
The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
and his ears are open to their cry for help.
The face of the Lord is set
against those who do what is evil,
to remove all memory of them from the earth.
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
NLTNew Living Translation
Does anyone want to live a life
that is long and prosperous?
Then keep your tongue from speaking evil
and your lips from telling lies!
Turn away from evil and do good.
Search for peace, and work to maintain it.
The eyes of the Lord watch over those who do right;
his ears are open to their cries for help.
But the Lord turns his face against those who do evil;
he will erase their memory from the earth.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Who is the man who desires life,
who loves many days in order to see good?
Keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from speaking deceit.
Turn from evil and do good.
Seek peace and pursue it.
The eyes of Yahweh are toward the righteous,
and his ears toward their cry for help.
The face of Yahweh is against evildoers,
to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
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KJV 1900King James Version
What man is he that desireth life,
And loveth many days, that he may see good?
Keep thy tongue from evil,
And thy lips from speaking guile.
Depart from evil, and do good;
Seek peace, and pursue it.
The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous,
And his ears are open unto their cry.
The face of the Lord is against them that do evil,
To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
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