Psalms 33

1 A Psalm of David. Exult in the Lord, you just ones; together praise the upright.

Shout for joy in the Lord, you righteous: praise for the upright is seemly.

2 Confess to the Lord with stringed instruments; sing psalms to him with the psaltery, the instrument of ten strings.

Give thanks to the Lord on the lyre, play to him on a ten-stringed harp.

3 Sing to him a new song. Sing psalms to him skillfully, with loud exclamation.

Sing to him a new song, play skilfully and shout merrily.

4 For the word of the Lord is upright, and all his works are in faith.

For the Lord is straight in his promise; and all that he does is in faithfulness.

5 He loves mercy and judgment. The earth is full of the mercy of the Lord.

Justice and right he loves; the earth is full of his kindness.

6 By the word of the Lord, the heavens were established, and all their power, by the Spirit of his mouth:

By his word the heavens were made, all their host by the breath of his mouth.

7 gathering together the waters of the sea, as if in a container, placing the depths in storage.

He gathers the sea in a bottle, the ocean he puts into store-houses.

8 Let all the earth fear the Lord, and may all the inhabitants of the world quake before him.

Let the whole world honor the Lord, let all who live on earth be in awe.

9 For he spoke, and they became. He commanded, and they were created.

For at his word it came into being, at his command it stood forth.

10 The Lord scatters the counsels of the nations. Moreover, he reproves the thoughts of the people, and he rejects the counsels of the leaders.

The Lord frustrates the designs of the nations, what the peoples have purposed, he brings to nought,

11 But the counsel of the Lord remains for eternity, the thoughts of his heart from generation to generation.

but the Lord’s own design will stand forever, and what his heart has purposed, through all generations.

12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom he has chosen as his inheritance.

Happy the nation whose God is the Lord, the people he chose for himself as his own.

13 The Lord has looked down from heaven. He has seen all the sons of men.

The Lord looks down from heaven, he sees all of humanity;

14 From his well-prepared dwelling place, he has gazed upon all who dwell on the earth.

from where he rules he gazes on all who inhabit the earth.

15 He has formed the hearts of each one of them; he understands all their works.

He fashions the hearts of them all, and gives heed to all that they do.

16 The king is not saved by great power, nor will the giant be saved by his many powers.

It is not by great armies that kings are victorious, it is not by great strength that a warrior saves himself;

17 The horse is false safety; for he will not be saved by the abundance of his powers.

false hope is the war-horse to usher in victory, for all its great might it can provide no escape.

18 Behold, the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear him and on those who hope in his mercy,

See! The eye of the Lord is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his kindness;

19 so as to rescue their souls from death and to feed them during famine.

to deliver their life from death, and to keep them alive in famine.

20 Our soul remains with the Lord. For he is our helper and protector.

We wait for the Lord: he is our help and our shield.

21 For in him, our heart will rejoice, and in his holy name, we have hoped.

For in him our heart is glad, we trust in his holy name.

22 Let your mercy be upon us, O Lord, just as we have hoped in you.

Let your kindness, O Lord, be upon us, as is our hope in you.