Psalms 34

Which worship songs are based on Psalms 34?

I Worship You — Mary Mary (2008) Psalms 34:1
The post-chorus closely adapts the psalmist’s commitment to continual blessing and to keeping praise continually in his mouth.
Be Like David Was — ApologetiX (2015) Psalms 34:1
The spoken interlude directly recites this verse's commitment to continual praise, making David's devotional practice the singer's model.
I Give You Praise — Byron Cage (2009) Psalms 34:1
The repeated promise to bless God continually closely adapts David's opening pledge. The later resolve to continue praising amid difficulty reinforces that connection without explicitly retelling David's experience.
Owe You Praise — Elevation Worship (2024) Psalms 34:1
The song directly adopts Psalm 34's continual vow of blessing the Lord and keeping praise in the worshiper's mouth.
Every Chance I Get — Brooke Ligertwood (2023) Psalms 34:1-3
The personal commitment to continual blessing develops into a communal summons to praise and honor God's name together, closely following the movement of this psalm.
Be Glad - Live — Naomi Raine (2025) Psalms 34:1
The lyrics convey a sentiment similar to Psalm 34:1, where the speaker expresses a commitment to bless the Lord at all times and have His praise continually in their mouth, reflecting a spirit of gratitude and worship.
Your Praise (Live) — Naomi Raine (2025) Psalms 34:1
The recurring commitment to keep divine praise continually upon the singer’s mouth closely paraphrases David’s pledge of unceasing praise.
Psalm 34 (Taste and See) — Sons of Korah (2017) Psalms 34:1-22
The song closely follows the whole psalm, moving from David's testimony of deliverance through an invitation to experience God's goodness, instruction about reverent conduct, and assurance that God hears, preserves, and redeems the afflicted righteous.
Breathe (feat. Chandler Moore, Jonathan Mcreynolds, Doe & Mav City Gospel Choir) — Maverick City Music & Jonathan McReynolds & DOE & Mav City Gospel Choir (2021) Psalms 34:1
The interlude directly adopts David’s declaration of continual blessing and praise, applying it to worship in both favorable and difficult circumstances.
Psalm 34 — Kathy Troccoli (2015) Psalms 34:1-2
The song closely reproduces these verses’ declarations of continual praise, invitation to experience God’s goodness, descriptions of deliverance and angelic protection, and assurance of God’s attention to prayer and nearness to the brokenhearted. It personalizes the psalm’s testimony through changes in pronouns and the speaker’s gender.
At All Times — Mandisa (2013) Psalms 34:1
The chorus directly reproduces the psalmist’s commitment to bless God continually, making that declaration the song’s central refrain.
Bless God — Brooke Ligertwood (2023) Psalms 34:1-3
The repeated commitment to bless God continually and the communal invitation to praise and exalt his name closely follow the opening movement of Psalm 34.
Generous Love — Mosaic MSC (2022) Psalms 34:1
The song combines continual spoken praise with the experiential tasting of God's goodness, closely following two distinctive expressions from Psalm 34.
Broken Up — Corey Mills (2018) Psalms 34:2
The chorus closely echoes the psalmist’s declaration that his soul finds its boast in the Lord, applying that posture of praise to ongoing brokenness.
Magnify — Debbie McClendon (2013) Psalms 34:3
The chorus repeatedly adapts the psalmist's invitation to join in magnifying the Lord. Its communal exhortation closely follows this verse, rather than merely sharing a general theme of praise.
Get This Party Started - Live — Planetshakers (2025) Psalms 34:3
The second verse combines this psalm's communal invitation to exalt God with its sensory invitation to experience God's goodness personally.
No One Beside (Morning & Evening) — Elevation Worship (2021) Psalms 34:3
The chorus directly adopts the psalmist’s communal invitation to magnify the Lord and exalt his name together.
Sing Praises (live) — Elevation Worship (2022) Psalms 34:3
The opening directly reproduces the psalmist’s communal invitation to magnify and exalt the Lord.
Came to My Rescue - Live — Hillsong Worship (2008) Psalms 34:4-6
The chorus closely parallels the psalm's testimony of seeking or calling to God, receiving an answer, and being delivered. That sequence provides a stronger textual connection than the general theme of divine rescue alone.
Trust In God — Housefires (2024) Psalms 34:4
The bridge closely reproduces David’s testimony that he sought the Lord and received an answer, using it as the stated basis for trust.
Always Faithful — Cory Asbury (2009) Psalms 34:4
The opening closely adapts the psalm's testimony of seeking God and receiving an answer, alongside its account of a distressed person's cry being heard.
Clamo A Dios — Elevation Español (2026) Psalms 34:4-7
The repeated assurance that God hears the distressed person and surrounds them with angelic protection closely reflects this psalm's testimony of answered prayer, deliverance, and the angel of the Lord encamping around God's people.
Trust In God (Apple Music Session) [feat. Chris Brown] — Elevation Worship (2024) Psalms 34:4
The bridge closely reproduces Psalm 34’s testimony that David sought God, was heard and delivered from fear; it also identifies the distressed petitioner and affirms that those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.
Trust in God — Elevation Worship (2023) Psalms 34:4
The bridge closely reproduces David's testimony that he sought the Lord, was heard, and was delivered from his fears; the interlude also echoes the same psalm's assurance that those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.
Oração - Ao Vivo — fhop music (2024) Psalms 34:4
The prayer directly cites the psalmist's testimony that seeking the Lord resulted in being heard and delivered from fear. This citation grounds the congregation's appeal in David's experience of divine rescue.
Joy — Beckah Shae (2008) Psalms 34:5
The song connects looking toward God with becoming radiant, closely reflecting the verse's distinctive description of those who turn their gaze toward him.
Best for Me — Bryann T. (2021) Psalms 34:7
The statement that God's angel surrounds those who fear the Lord closely paraphrases the psalm's image of divine angelic protection around God-fearing people.
Taste and See — The Porter's Gate (2026) Psalms 34:8
The song directly repeats Psalm 34:8's invitation to experience and recognize the Lord's goodness.
O Taste and See — The Porter's Gate (2025) Psalms 34:8
The song directly repeats Psalm 34:8’s sensory invitation to experience and recognize the Lord’s goodness.
Honey in the Rock — Blind Mamie Forehand (2013) Psalms 34:8
The chorus closely adapts the psalm's invitation to experience God's goodness through tasting. The combination of sensory experience and an affirmation of the Lord's goodness makes this a specific textual connection.
Headed for the Promised Land — Buddy Greene (2010) Psalms 34:8
The divine invitation incorporates the psalm’s distinctive sensory invitation to experience the Lord’s goodness.
Our God Is In Control — Steven Curtis Chapman (2009) Psalms 34:8
The fourth verse directly borrows the psalm's paired invitation to experience God's goodness through taste and sight. Chapman places that invitation within a contrast between present suffering and anticipated, lasting goodness.
See — Steven Curtis Chapman (2009) Psalms 34:8
The outro directly reproduces the psalm’s invitation to experience God’s goodness through the paired senses of taste and sight.
Rising — Apollo LTD (2021) Psalms 34:8
The song adopts Psalm 34's sensory language of personally tasting and seeing God's goodness, presenting hope as grounded in experienced deliverance rather than secondhand belief.
I Want to Know You More — Don Moen (2017) Psalms 34:8
The song presents God's goodness as something personally tasted, closely echoing the psalmist's invitation to experience and recognize that goodness.
The One You Love — Elevation Worship (2022) Psalms 34:8
The repeated experiential language about tasting and seeing closely reproduces Psalm 34's invitation to discover God's goodness personally.
Praise The Lord — Micah Tyler (2023) Psalms 34:8
The pre-chorus directly adopts Psalm 34's distinctive sensory invitation to experience and recognize the Lord's goodness.
Give Me Jesus (feat. Abbie Gamboa) — UPPERROOM & Abbie Gamboa (2021) Psalms 34:8
The singer describes having tasted God's goodness and consequently finding that nothing else satisfies, directly engaging the psalmist's invitation to experience and recognize the Lord's goodness.
Give Me Jesus — VOUS Worship (2021) Psalms 34:8
The opening directly adopts Psalm 34’s paired sensory language as a confession of personally experiencing the Lord’s goodness.
Let Heaven Shout — Bethel Music (2010) Psalms 34:8
The bridge closely adapts the psalm's invitation to experience God's goodness through tasting and seeing, presenting that experience as personal testimony.
No One — Elevation Worship (2022) Psalms 34:8
The outro adopts Psalm 34's sensory invitation to know God's goodness through personal experience and testimony.
Fallen — John Waller (2011) Psalms 34:8
The singer adapts the psalm's invitation to experience God's goodness into a personal declaration that he has experienced it. The distinctive pairing of tasting and seeing makes this a direct textual connection.
Forgivable — MercyMe (2022) Psalms 34:8
The invitation to experience God's goodness uses the distinctive wording of Psalm 34:8.
Jesus Is Mine — Tasha Cobbs Leonard (2022) Psalms 34:8
The song directly adopts Psalm 34's sensory invitation to experience and recognize the Lord's goodness.
Leave Me Astounded - Live — Planetshakers (2026) Psalms 34:8
The song adapts the psalmist’s invitation to experience and recognize the Lord’s goodness, applying that experiential language specifically to divine love.
My Promised Land — RICHLIN (2021) Psalms 34:8
The bridge closely echoes the psalmist’s sensory invitation to experience and recognize the Lord’s goodness, applying it to an awareness of God’s immediate presence.
Better (Live) — Pat Barrett (2019) Psalms 34:8
The singer turns the psalm’s invitation to experience and recognize God’s goodness into a personal testimony of having done so.
Save Your Life — Newsboys (2011) Psalms 34:8
The chorus closely adapts the psalm's invitation to experience the Lord's goodness firsthand. The song places this invitation within its appeal to know Christ.
How Sweet It Is — Chris Tomlin (2018) Psalms 34:8
The post-chorus directly adapts the psalmist’s invitation to experience the Lord’s goodness through the metaphor of taste.
Holy Place — Ryan Ellis (2024) Psalms 34:8
The chorus closely associates tasting only a measure of divine goodness with the declaration that the Lord is good, reflecting the psalmist's invitation to experience God's goodness personally.
Give Me Jesus (Spontaneous) [Live] — Bethel Music & Abbie Gamboa & Jenn Johnson (2024) Psalms 34:8
The singer describes personally tasting God's goodness and consequently finding every competing source of satisfaction inadequate, directly echoing the psalm's invitation to experience the Lord's goodness.
Healing Hand of God — Jeremy Camp (2010) Psalms 34:8
The chorus adapts the psalm's sensory invitation to experience God's goodness, applying it to divine peace. The bridge also closely echoes its assurance of God's proximity to those devastated by sorrow.
OMG — Tasha Cobbs Leonard (2022) Psalms 34:8
The singer describes personally experiencing God's goodness through the sensory metaphor used in this psalm.
FEED OFF — Torey D'Shaun & 3700Nesso & Kijan Boone (2025) Psalms 34:8
The song references the idea of tasting and seeing God's goodness, which directly echoes the invitation found in Psalm 34:8 to experience the Lord's goodness.
Holy Spirit — Bryan & Katie Torwalt (2011) Psalms 34:8
The second verse adapts the Psalm's paired sensory invitation to experience God's goodness, presenting that experience as a personal testimony of divine love.
Home Away From Home — Zahriya Zachary (2025) Psalms 34:8
The bridge unmistakably echoes the psalmist's invitation to experience and recognize the Lord's goodness, presenting personal experience of God as decisive and surpassing what the world offers.
Let Him Cook — Transformation Worship feat. Roosevelt Stewart, Lecrae & Pastor Mike Todd (2025) Psalms 34:8
The chorus directly adopts the psalm’s sensory invitation to experience and recognize the Lord’s goodness, integrating it with the song’s cooking metaphor.
Wild for Me — Brandon Lake (2020) Psalms 34:8
The song closely echoes Psalm 34's invitation to experience the Lord's goodness personally, presenting the singer's freedom and rescue as experiential confirmation of God's character.
Come Alive — Crowder (2014) Psalms 34:8
The chorus adapts the Psalm's distinctive invitation to experience God's goodness through taste and sight, turning it into a communal testimony of having experienced divine grace.
Heart of the Father — Ryan Ellis (2021) Psalms 34:8
The singer describes personally tasting and seeing God's incomparable goodness, closely reproducing the experiential invitation of this psalm.
Strawberry Fields — John Mark Pantana (2019) Psalms 34:8
The chorus directly repeats Psalm 34's sensory invitation to experience and recognize the Lord's goodness.
Better — Pat Barrett (2018) Psalms 34:8
The repeated language of personally tasting and seeing God’s goodness directly recalls Psalm 34’s invitation to experience the Lord’s goodness.
Good — Karen Clark Sheard (2010) Psalms 34:8-9
The chorus and bridge directly reproduce the invitation to experience God's goodness and the blessing upon those who trust him. The bridge also adapts the ensuing instructions concerning reverence, freedom from lack, disciplined speech, departure from evil, and pursuit of peace.
COME THRU — Torey D'Shaun & KB (2024) Psalms 34:8
The sensory invitation to experience and recognize God's goodness directly draws on Psalm 34's invitation to discover that the Lord is good.
It Ain't Safe — KB (2024) Psalms 34:8
The invitation to taste and see directly reproduces the opening language of this verse, which calls people to experience the Lord's goodness.
Jehovah over Do — Team Eternity Ghana & Eben (2024) Psalms 34:8
The song’s sensory testimony about tasting and personally recognizing God’s goodness closely paraphrases the psalmist’s invitation to experience the Lord’s goodness.
I Believe — Dustin Kensrue (2007) Psalms 34:8
The singer closely adapts the Psalm's invitation to discover the Lord's goodness through tasting and seeing, presenting that discovery as a personal experience.
Take It All In — Group 1 Crew (2016) Psalms 34:8
The chorus adopts Psalm 34's sensory invitation to experience and recognize divine goodness, applying it to the works of the Creator.
Indiana Sky — Josh Garrels (2009) Psalms 34:8
The chorus closely adapts Psalm 34:8's distinctive sensory invitation to experience God's goodness. The song extends that invitation toward discovering one's possibilities under the Spirit's guidance.
Wait on You — Elevation Worship (2021) Psalms 34:8
The chorus describes experiential knowledge of God's goodness through the same sensory metaphor used in this psalm's invitation to discover that the Lord is good.
I Need You - Live — Gateway Worship (2022) Psalms 34:8
The song presents personal experience of Jesus through the biblical image of tasting, with each experience increasing the worshiper's desire. This closely reflects the psalmist's invitation to experience the Lord's goodness personally.
Take and Eat — The Porter's Gate (2025) Psalms 34:8
The sensory invitation to discover divine goodness directly echoes the psalmist’s call to experience and recognize the Lord’s goodness.
Oyster Shell — The Porter's Gate (2025) Psalms 34:8
The invitation to experience divine goodness through tasting and seeing directly reproduces Psalm 34’s sensory invitation, here applied to the bread of the Savior’s table.
At The End Of My Day — Allie Paige (2017) Psalms 34:8
The chorus closely echoes the psalmist’s invitation to experience the Lord’s goodness personally, recasting that invitation as the singer’s own testimony.
My Soul Sings - Live — Dante Bowe & Benita Jones (2025) Psalms 34:8
The phrase 'I've tasted and I've seen' directly parallels the invitation in Psalm 34 to taste and see that the Lord is good, emphasizing personal experience of God's goodness.
Deeper Still — Ben Fuller (2025) Psalms 34:8
The mention of something 'sweeter than honey' evokes the imagery found in Psalm 34, where tasting and seeing the goodness of the Lord is celebrated, highlighting the sweetness of faith.
Ain't He — 1K Phew & WHATUPRG & Ty Brasel (2025) Psalms 34:8
The repeated affirmation of God's goodness in the chorus closely parallels the sentiment expressed in Psalm 34:8, which invites individuals to taste and see that the Lord is good.
Can't Quit You — Chris Llewellyn (2023) Psalms 34:8
The bridge uses Psalm 34’s sensory language for personally experiencing God’s goodness as the reason departure is no longer possible.
Holy Spirit — Francesca Battistelli (2014) Psalms 34:8
The verse adapts the psalm's paired actions of tasting and seeing to describe personally experiencing God's love. The bridge's emphasis on experiencing divine goodness reinforces this specific connection.
Intentionally Crafted — Kelsey Breedlove (2023) Psalms 34:10
The bridge adapts Psalm 34:10's assurance that those who seek the Lord are not deprived of anything truly good.
Answer Me — Rita Springer (2024) Psalms 34:15-17
The song combines assurance that God's eyes remain on his people with an appeal for him to hear and answer their cry, closely reflecting this psalm's paired description of God's attentive eyes and ears.
Out of Them All — Byron Cage (2012) Psalms 34:17-19
The chorus closely adapts verse 19's declaration that righteous people experience many afflictions but receive God's deliverance from them all. The opening also echoes verse 17's assurance that God hears the cries of the righteous and rescues them.
Set Me Free — Jonathan Ogden (2025) Psalms 34:17-18
The song reflects the sentiment of God hearing the cries of the afflicted and being close to the brokenhearted, paralleling the themes found in this Psalm.
Running To A Runaway — Phil Wickham (2026) Psalms 34:17-18
The lyrics express a cry for help and a sense of being heard by God, reflecting the sentiment found in Psalm 34, where the Lord is described as near to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
Every Beat of My Broken Heart — Hawk Nelson (2013) Psalms 34:18
The chorus repeatedly joins a broken heart with nearness to God, closely adapting the psalm's assurance that God is near the brokenhearted. This specific pairing supports the connection beyond a general theme of comfort in suffering.
Privately — Between Thieves (2025) Psalms 34:18
The song expresses a deep sense of despair and a longing for understanding, resonating with the sentiment that God is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit, as conveyed in Psalm 34:18.
Desert Road — Casting Crowns (2022) Psalms 34:18
The song directly invokes the psalmist’s assurance that the Lord is near those whose hearts have been broken.
Lonely — Aklesso & Lecrae (2025) Psalms 34:18
The lyrics express a feeling of loneliness and a plea for divine presence, echoing the sentiment found in Psalm 34:18, which speaks of the Lord being close to the brokenhearted.
Exalted One — Elevation Worship (2011) Psalms 34:18
The first verse closely condenses the psalm's assurance of God's nearness to people whose hearts are broken.
Broken Pieces — Tasha Cobbs Leonard (2025) Psalms 34:18
The song closely echoes the psalm's assurance that God draws near to people who are brokenhearted and crushed in spirit.
Had It Not Been (Live) — The Belonging Co & Andrew Holt (2025) Psalms 34:18
The song reflects the theme of God's presence during times of trouble, paralleling the sentiment of Psalm 34:18, which speaks of the Lord being near to the brokenhearted.
There for You — Lecrae (2025) Psalms 34:18
The lyrics express a sense of divine presence and comfort during times of distress, paralleling the sentiment that God is near to the brokenhearted as stated in Psalm 34:18.
Pour It Out — Tasha Cobbs Leonard (2020) Psalms 34:18
The chorus directly invokes Psalm 34's assurance that the Lord remains close to those whose hearts are broken.
Now — Between Thieves (2025) Psalms 34:18
The song reflects the sentiment of feeling forsaken and abandoned, paralleling the idea that God is near to the brokenhearted, as expressed in Psalm 34:18.
EX NIHILO — CHANGETHEWXRLD (2023) Psalms 34:18
The song closely paraphrases the psalm's assurance that the Lord remains near to people whose hearts are broken.
Close — Hawk Nelson (2018) Psalms 34:18
The description of God drawing near to the heavyhearted closely paraphrases the psalm's declaration that the Lord is near to the brokenhearted.
Forever and Always — The Afters (2019) Psalms 34:18
The chorus directly echoes the psalm’s declaration that the Lord draws near to people whose hearts are broken. This specific wording forms the song’s principal scriptural anchor.
He Knows (Acoustic) — Jeremy Camp (2014) Psalms 34:18
The bridge closely adapts the psalm's assurance that the Lord is near to people whose hearts are broken. This is a specific verbal connection, not merely a shared theme of comfort.
ALONE — Kelsey Breedlove (2025) Psalms 34:18
The plea for healing and the acknowledgment of feeling broken resonate with Psalm 34:18, which speaks of the Lord being near to the brokenhearted. The emotional depth of the lyrics reflects this biblical theme of divine comfort in times of distress.
Look At What The Lord Has Done (Live) — The Belonging Co & Shantrice Laura (2023) Psalms 34:18
The description of God being close to people with shattered hearts closely restates the psalm’s assurance that the Lord is near to the brokenhearted.
Be Close — Matthew West (2025) Psalms 34:18
The song explicitly references the idea of God being close to the broken-hearted and saving those who are crushed in spirit, which directly echoes the sentiments found in Psalm 34:18.
God in the Valley — Tasha Cobbs Leonard (2025) Psalms 34:18
The song specifically presents God as being near to those who are broken, closely paraphrasing the psalm’s assurance of the Lord’s nearness to the brokenhearted.
Here Waiting - Live — Covenant Worship (2014) Psalms 34:18
The repeated bridge directly adapts the psalm's assurance of God's closeness to people with broken hearts.
Back Intact — ApologetiX (2010) Psalms 34:20
The song explicitly identifies this verse and appends its wording about God preserving every bone. It interprets that protection as fulfilled in Jesus's crucifixion.

Psalms 34 (King James Version)

¹ I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

² My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.

³ O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.

⁴ I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.

⁵ They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.

⁶ This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

⁷ The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.

⁸ O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

⁹ O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.

¹⁰ The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.

¹¹ Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

¹² What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?

¹³ Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

¹⁴ Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

¹⁵ The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.

¹⁶ The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

¹⁷ The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

¹⁸ The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

¹⁹ Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.

²⁰ He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.

²¹ Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.

²² The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.