Psalm 33:1–22

¹Rejoice ^ain the Lord, O you righteous! For praise from the upright is beautiful.

²Praise the Lord with the harp;

¹Make melody to Him with an instrument of ten strings.

³Sing to Him a new song;

Play skillfully with a shout of joy.

⁴For the word of the Lord is right,

And all His work is done in truth.

⁵He loves righteousness and justice;

The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.

^6bBy the word of the Lord the heavens were made,

And all the ^chost of them ^dby the breath of His mouth.

^7eHe gathers the waters of the sea together ²as a heap;

He lays up the deep in storehouses.

⁸Let all the earth fear the Lord;

Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.

⁹For ^fHe spoke, and it was done;

He commanded, and it stood fast.

^10gThe Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing;

He makes the plans of the peoples of no effect.

^11hThe counsel of the Lord stands forever,

The plans of His heart to all generations.

¹²Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,

The people He has ⁱchosen as His own inheritance.

^13jThe Lord looks from heaven;

He sees all the sons of men.

¹⁴From the place of His dwelling He looks

On all the inhabitants of the earth;

¹⁵He fashions their hearts individually;

^kHe ³considers all their works.

^16lNo king is saved by the multitude of an army;

A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.

^17mA horse is a ⁴vain hope for safety;

Neither shall it deliver any by its great strength.

¹⁸ⁿBehold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear Him,

On those who hope in His mercy,

¹⁹To deliver their soul from death,

And ^oto keep them alive in famine.

²⁰Our soul waits for the Lord;

He is our help and our shield.

²¹For our heart shall rejoice in Him,

Because we have trusted in His holy name.

²²Let Your mercy, O Lord, be upon us,

Just as we hope in You.