Psalms 33

1 Sing, you righteous, in YHWH, [For] praise from upright ones [is] lovely.

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

2 Give thanks to YHWH with a harp, With stringed instrument of ten strings sing praise to Him,

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

3 Sing to Him a new song, Play skillfully with shouting.

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

4 For the word of YHWH [is] upright, And all His work [is] in faithfulness.

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

5 Loving righteousness and judgment, The earth is full of the kindness of YHWH.

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

6 By the word of YHWH The heavens have been made, And all their host by the breath of His mouth.

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

7 Gathering the waters of the sea as a heap, Putting the depths in treasuries.

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

8 All the earth is afraid of YHWH, All the inhabitants of the world are afraid of Him.

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

9 For He has spoken, and it is, He has commanded, and it stands.

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

10 YHWH made void the counsel of nations, He disallowed the thoughts of the peoples.

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

11 The counsel of YHWH stands for all time, 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 O the blessedness of the nation whose God [is] YHWH, Of the people He chose, For an inheritance to Him.

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

13 YHWH has looked from the heavens, He has seen all the sons of men.

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

14 From the fixed place of His dwelling, He looked to all inhabitants of the earth;

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

15 Who is forming their hearts together, Who is attending to 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 the multitude of a force. A mighty man is not delivered, By abundance of power.

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

17 A false thing [is] the horse for safety, And he does not deliver By the abundance of his strength.

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

18 Behold, the eye of YHWH [is] to those fearing Him, To those waiting for His kindness,

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

19 To deliver their soul from death, And to keep them alive in famine.

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

20 Our soul has waited for YHWH, He [is] our help and our shield,

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

21 For our heart rejoices in Him, For we have trusted in His Holy Name.

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

22 Let Your kindness, O YHWH, be on us, As we have waited for You!

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