Psalm 33–34

Praise God Who Creates and Saves

33Sing to the Lord, you who do what is right;

honest people should praise him.

²Praise the Lord on the harp;

make music for him on a ten-stringed lyre.

³Sing a new song to him;

play well and joyfully.

⁴God’s word is true,

and everything he does is right.

⁵He loves what is right and fair;

the Lord’s love fills the earth.

⁶The sky was made at the Lord’s command.

By the breath from his mouth, he made all the stars.

⁷He gathered the water of the sea into a heap.

He made the great ocean stay in its place.

⁸All the earth should worship the Lord;

the whole world should fear him.

⁹He spoke, and it happened.

He commanded, and it appeared.

¹⁰The Lord upsets the plans of nations;

he ruins all their plans.

¹¹But the Lord’s plans will stand forever;

his ideas will last from now on.

¹²Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord,

the people he chose for his very own.

¹³The Lord looks down from heaven

and sees every person.

¹⁴From his throne he watches

all who live on earth.

¹⁵He made their hearts

and understands everything they do.

¹⁶No king is saved by his great army.

No warrior escapes by his great strength.

¹⁷Horses can’t bring victory;

they can’t save by their strength.

¹⁸But the Lord looks after those who fear him,

those who put their hope in his love.

¹⁹He saves them from death

and spares their lives in times of hunger.

²⁰So our hope is in the Lord.

He is our help, our shield to protect us.

²¹We rejoice in him,

because we trust his holy name.

²²Lord, show your love to us

as we put our hope in you.

Praise God Who Judges and Saves

David’s song from the time he acted crazy so Abimelech would send him away, and David did leave.

34I will praise the Lord at all times;

his praise is always on my lips.

²My whole being praises the Lord.

The poor will hear and be glad.

³Glorify the Lord with me,

and let us praise his name together.

⁴I asked the Lord for help, and he answered me.

He saved me from all that I feared.

⁵Those who go to him for help are happy,

and they are never disgraced.

⁶This poor man called, and the Lord heard him

and saved him from all his troubles.

⁷The angel of the Lord camps around those who fear God,

and he saves them.

⁸Examine and see how good the Lord is.

Happy is the person who trusts him.

⁹You who belong to the Lord, fear him!

Those who fear him will have everything they need.

¹⁰Even lions may get weak and hungry,

but those who look to the Lord will have every good thing.

¹¹Children, come and listen to me.

I will teach you to worship the Lord.

¹²You must do these things

to enjoy life and have many happy days.

¹³You must not say evil things,

and you must not tell lies.

¹⁴Stop doing evil and do good.

Look for peace and work for it.

¹⁵The Lord sees the good people

and listens to their prayers.

¹⁶But the Lord is against those who do evil;

he makes the world forget them.

¹⁷The Lord hears good people when they cry out to him,

and he saves them from all their troubles.

¹⁸The Lord is close to the brokenhearted,

and he saves those whose spirits have been crushed.

¹⁹People who do what is right may have many problems,

but the Lord will solve them all.

²⁰He will protect their very bones;

not one of them will be broken.

²¹Evil will kill the wicked;

those who hate good people will be judged guilty.

²²But the Lord saves his servants’ lives;

no one who trusts him will be judged guilty.