Psalm 33:1–22

The Greatness and Goodness of God

¹Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous.

Praise befits the upright.^*

²Praise the Lord with the lyre;

make melody to him with the harp of ten strings.^*

³Sing to him a new song;

play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts.^*

⁴For the word of the Lord is upright,

and all his work is done in faithfulness.^*

⁵He loves righteousness and justice;

the earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord.^*

⁶By the word of the Lord the heavens were made

and all their host by the breath of his mouth.^*

⁷He gathered the waters of the sea as in a bottle;

he put the deeps in storehouses.

⁸Let all the earth fear the Lord;

let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him,^*

⁹for he spoke, and it came to be;

he commanded, and it stood firm.^*

¹⁰The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing;

he frustrates the plans of the peoples.^*

¹¹The counsel of the Lord stands forever,

the thoughts of his heart to all generations.^*

¹²Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord,

the people whom he has chosen as his heritage.^*

¹³The Lord looks down from heaven;

he sees all humankind.^*

¹⁴From where he sits enthroned he watches

all the inhabitants of the earth—

¹⁵he who fashions the hearts of them all

and observes all their deeds.^*

¹⁶A king is not saved by his great army;

a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.^*

¹⁷The war horse is a vain hope for victory,

and by its great might it cannot save.^*

¹⁸Truly the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him,

on those who hope in his steadfast love,^*

¹⁹to deliver their soul from death

and to keep them alive in famine.^*

²⁰Our soul waits for the Lord;

he is our help and shield.

²¹Our heart is glad in him

because we trust in his holy name.^*

²²Let your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us,

even as we hope in you.