I will bless the Lord at all times

Psalms 33 and 34. These psalms are both hymns, the second one specifically an individual hymn of thanksgiving. Both of them open with familiar affirmations of praise: "Sing to him a new song" (33:3) and "I will bless the Lord at all times " (34:1). They both praise God's attributes and deeds for many verses, and then conclude with affirmations. In today's class readings and discussions, we dealt with parallelism in the psalms, and both of these are full of good examples of how Hebrew poetry was constructed.
One parallelism, which is more accurately a merismus, strikes me from Psalm 34: 14: "Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it."
This literary device places two opposing thoughts and in parallel to convey a total thought, in this case the path to righteousness. Another example of parallelism is the first verse of Ps. 34, which is often used in songs and liturgies in churches today: "I will bless the lord at all times; his praise shall be continually in my mouth." The second thought echoes and expands upon the first.
This is a late posting for today, and I'm well aware I'll be writing another one in a few hours, probably much more coherently than now.