Psalm 33–34
1 Sing joyfullya to the Lord, you righteous;
it is fittingb for the uprightc to praise him.
2 Praise the Lord with the harp;d
make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre.e
3 Sing to him a new song;f
play skillfully, and shout for joy.g
4 For the word of the Lord is righth and true;i
he is faithfulj in all he does.
5 The Lord loves righteousness and justice;k
the earth is full of his unfailing love.l
6 By the wordm of the Lord the heavens were made,n
their starry hosto by the breath of his mouth.
7 He gathers the watersp of the sea into jarsa;q
he puts the deep into storehouses.
8 Let all the earth fear the Lord;r
let all the people of the worlds revere him.t
9 For he spoke, and it came to be;
he commanded,u and it stood firm.
10 The Lord foilsv the plansw of the nations;x
he thwarts the purposes of the peoples.
11 But the plans of the Lord stand firmy forever,
the purposesz of his heart through all generations.
12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,a
the people he choseb for his inheritance.c
13 From heaven the Lord looks downd
and sees all mankind;e
14 from his dwelling placef he watches
all who live on earth—
15 he who formsg the hearts of all,
who considers everything they do.h
16 No king is saved by the size of his army;i
no warrior escapes by his great strength.
17 A horsej is a vain hope for deliverance;
despite all its great strength it cannot save.
18 But the eyesk of the Lord are on those who fear him,
on those whose hope is in his unfailing love,l
19 to deliver them from deathm
and keep them alive in famine.n
20 We waito in hope for the Lord;
he is our help and our shield.
21 In him our hearts rejoice,p
for we trust in his holy name.q
22 May your unfailing lover be with us, Lord,
even as we put our hope in you.
Of David. When he pretended to be insanes before Abimelek, who drove him away, and he left.
1 I will extol the Lord at all times;t
his praise will always be on my lips.
2 I will gloryu in the Lord;
let the afflicted hear and rejoice.v
3 Glorify the Lordw with me;
let us exaltx his name together.
4 I sought the Lord,y and he answered me;
he deliveredz me from all my fears.
5 Those who look to him are radiant;a
their faces are never covered with shame.b
6 This poor man called, and the Lord heard him;
he saved him out of all his troubles.c
7 The angel of the Lordd encamps around those who fear him,
and he deliverse them.
8 Taste and see that the Lord is good;f
blessed is the one who takes refugeg in him.
9 Fear the Lord,h you his holy people,
for those who fear him lack nothing.i
10 The lions may grow weak and hungry,
but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.j
11 Come, my children, listenk to me;
I will teach youl the fear of the Lord.m
12 Whoever of you loves lifen
and desires to see many good days,
13 keep your tongueo from evil
and your lips from telling lies.p
14 Turn from evil and do good;q
seek peacer and pursue it.
15 The eyes of the Lords are on the righteous,t
and his ears are attentiveu to their cry;
16 but the face of the Lord is againstv those who do evil,w
to blot out their namex from the earth.
17 The righteous cry out, and the Lord hearsy them;
he delivers them from all their troubles.
18 The Lord is closez to the brokenhearteda
and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
19 The righteous person may have many troubles,b
but the Lord delivers him from them all;c
not one of them will be broken.d
21 Evil will slay the wicked;e
the foes of the righteous will be condemned.
22 The Lord will rescuef his servants;
no one who takes refugeg in him will be condemned.