Psalm 33

A Song of Praise

33All you that are righteous, shout for joy for what the Lord has done;

praise him, all you that obey him.

²Give thanks to the Lord with harps,

sing to him with stringed instruments.

³Sing a new song to him,

play the harp with skill, and shout for joy!

⁴The words of the Lord are true

and all his works are dependable.

⁵The Lord loves what is righteous and just;

his constant love fills the earth.

⁶The Lord created the heavens by his command,

the sun, moon, and stars by his spoken word.

⁷He gathered all the seas into one place;

he shut up the ocean depths in storerooms.

⁸Worship the Lord, all the earth!

Honour him, all peoples of the world!

⁹When he spoke, the world was created;

at his command everything appeared.

¹⁰The Lord frustrates the purposes of the nations;

he keeps them from carrying out their plans.

¹¹But his plans endure for ever;

his purposes last eternally.

¹²Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord;

happy are the people he has chosen for his own!

¹³The Lord looks down from heaven

and sees the whole human race.

¹⁴From where he rules, he looks down

on all who live on earth.

¹⁵He forms all their thoughts

and knows everything they do.

¹⁶A king does not win because of his powerful army;

a soldier does not triumph because of his strength.

¹⁷War horses are useless for victory;

their great strength cannot save.

¹⁸The Lord watches over

those who obey him, those who trust in his constant love.

¹⁹He saves them from death;

he keeps them alive in times of famine.

²⁰We put our hope in the Lord;

he is our protector and our help.

²¹We are glad because of him;

we trust in his holy name.

²²May your constant love be with us, Lord,

as we put our hope in you.