Psalm 33

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.