Psalm 33

PSALM 33

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 skilfully 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 forth.

¹⁰The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nought;

he frustrates the plans of the peoples.

¹¹The counsel of the Lord stands for ever,

the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

¹²Blessed 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 the sons of men;

¹⁴from where he sits enthroned he looks forth

on 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.

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

on those who hope in his steadfast love,

¹⁹that he may deliver their soul from death,

and keep them alive in famine.

²⁰Our soul waits for the Lord;

he is our help and shield.

²¹Yea, our heart is glad in him,

because we trust in his holy name.

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

even as we hope in thee.