Psalms33

¹Shout for joy in the Lord, O you righteous ! Praise befits the upright .

²Give thanks to the Lord with the lyre ; make melody to him with the harp of ten strings !

³Sing to him a new song ; play skillfully on the strings , with loud shouts .

⁴For the word of the Lord is upright , and all his work is done in faithfulness .

⁵He loves righteousness and justice ; the earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord.

⁶By the word of the Lord the heavens were made , and by the breath of his mouth all their host .

⁷He gathers the waters of the sea as a heap ; he puts the deeps in storehouses .

⁸Let all the earth fear the Lord; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him!

⁹For he spoke , and it came to be; he commanded , and it stood firm .

¹⁰The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing ; he frustrates the plans of the peoples .

¹¹The counsel of the Lord stands forever , the plans of his heart to all generations .

¹²Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom he has chosen as his heritage !

¹³The Lord looks down from heaven ; he sees all the children of man ;

¹⁴from where he sits enthroned he looks out on all the inhabitants of the earth ,

¹⁵he who fashions the hearts of them all and observes all their deeds .

¹⁶The king is not saved by his great army ; a warrior is not delivered by his great strength .

¹⁷The war horse is a false hope for salvation , and by its great might it cannot rescue .

¹⁸Behold , the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his steadfast love ,

¹⁹that he may deliver their soul from death and keep them alive in famine .

²⁰Our soul waits for the Lord; he is our help and our shield .

²¹For our heart is glad in him, because we trust in his holy name .

²²Let your steadfast love , O Lord, be upon us, even as we hope in you.