O taste and see that the Lord is good! Happy is the man who takes refuge in him! O fear the Lord, you his
saints, for those who fear him have no want! The young lions suffer want and hunger; but those who seek
the Lord lack no good thing. Come, O sons, listen to me, I will teach you the fear of the Lord. What man
is there who desires life and covets many days, that he may enjoy good? Keep your tongue from evil, and
your lips from speaking deceit. Depart 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 evildoers, to
cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears, and
delivers them out of all their troubles. The Lord is near to the brokenhearted, and saves the crushed in
spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous; but the Lord delivers him out of them all (Ps. 34:8-19). 11