Psalm 33

PSALM 33

Yahweh Is Our Help and Our Shield

^1aSing for joy in Yahweh, O righteous ones;

Praise is ^bbecoming to the upright.

²Give thanks to Yahweh with the ^alyre;

Sing praises to Him with a ^bharp of ten strings.

³Sing to Him a ^anew song;

Play skillfully with ^ba loud shout.

⁴For the word of Yahweh ^ais upright,

And all His work is done ^bin faithfulness.

⁵He ^aloves righteousness and justice;

The ^bearth is full of the lovingkindness of Yahweh.

⁶By the ^aword of Yahweh the heavens were made,

And ^bby the breath of His mouth ^call their host.

⁷He gathers the ^awaters of the sea ¹as a heap;

He lays up the deeps in storehouses.

⁸Let ^aall the earth fear Yahweh;

Let all the inhabitants of the world ^bstand in awe of Him.

⁹For ^aHe spoke, and it was;

He commanded, and it ¹stood.

¹⁰Yahweh ^anullifies the counsel of the nations;

He frustrates the thoughts of the peoples.

¹¹The ^acounsel of Yahweh stands forever,

The ^bthoughts of His heart from generation to generation.

¹²Blessed is the ^anation whose God is Yahweh,

The people whom He has ^bchosen for His own inheritance.

¹³Yahweh ^alooks from heaven;

He ^bsees all the sons of men;

¹⁴From ^athe place of His habitation He gazes

On all the inhabitants of the earth,

¹⁵He who ^aforms ¹the hearts of them all,

He who ^bunderstands all their works.

^16aThe king is not saved by a mighty army;

A warrior is not delivered by great strength.

¹⁷A ^ahorse is a false hope for salvation;

Nor does it provide escape to anyone by its great strength.

¹⁸Behold, ^athe eye of Yahweh is on those who fear Him,

On those who ^bwait for His lovingkindness,

¹⁹To ^adeliver their soul from death

And to keep them alive ^bin famine.

²⁰Our soul ^ais patient for Yahweh;

He is our ^bhelp and our shield.

²¹For our ^aheart is glad in Him,

Because we trust in His holy name.

²²Let Your lovingkindness, O Yahweh, be upon us,

As we wait for You.