Psalm 33

The Steadfast Love of the Lord

33^hShout for joy in the Lord, O you righteous!

ⁱPraise befits the upright.

²Give thanks to the Lord with the ^jlyre;

make melody to him with ^jthe harp of ^kten strings!

³Sing to him ^la 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 ^mfaithfulness.

⁵He ⁿloves righteousness and justice;

^othe earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord.

⁶By ^pthe word of the Lord the heavens were made,

and by ^qthe breath of his mouth all ^rtheir host.

⁷He gathers the waters of the sea as ^sa heap;

he ^tputs the deeps in storehouses.

⁸Let all the earth fear the Lord;

let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him!

⁹For ^uhe spoke, and it came to be;

he commanded, and it stood firm.

¹⁰The Lord ^vbrings the counsel of the nations to nothing;

he frustrates the plans of the peoples.

^11wThe counsel of the Lord stands forever,

the plans of his heart to all generations.

^12xBlessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,

the people whom he has ^ychosen as his heritage!

¹³The Lord ^zlooks down from heaven;

he sees all the children of man;

¹⁴from ^awhere he sits enthroned he ^blooks out

on all the inhabitants of the earth,

¹⁵he who fashions the hearts of them all

and observes all their deeds.

^16cThe king is not saved by his great army;

a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.

^17dThe war horse is a false hope for salvation,

and by its great might it cannot rescue.

¹⁸Behold, ^ethe eye of the Lord is on those who fear him,

^fon those who hope in his steadfast love,

¹⁹that he may ^gdeliver their soul from death

and keep them alive in ^hfamine.

²⁰Our soul ⁱwaits for the Lord;

he is our ^jhelp and ^kour shield.

²¹For our heart is ^lglad in him,

because we ^mtrust in his holy name.

²²Let your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us,

even as we hope in you.