Psalms 33

1 Shout for joy, ye righteous, in Yahweh, To the upright, seemly is praise.

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

2 Give ye thanks unto Yahweh with the lyre, With a harp of ten strings, make ye music unto him.

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

3 Sing unto him, a song that is new, With skill, sweep the strings, with loud noise.

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

4 For right is the word of Yahweh, and, all his work, is in faithfulness:

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

5 Who loveth righteousness and justice, With the lovingkindness of Yahweh, the earth is full.

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

6 By the word of Yahweh, the heavens were made, and, by the spirit of his mouth, all their host:

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

7 Who gathered as into a skin-bottle the waters of the sea, Delivering, into treasuries, the roaring deeps.

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

8 Let all the earth, stand in awe of Yahweh, Of him, be in dread, all ye inhabitants of the world;

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

9 For, he, spake, and it was, He, commanded, and it stood forth.

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

10 Yahweh, hath frustrated the counsel of nations, hath brought to nothing the devices of peoples.

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

11 The counsel of Yahweh, to times age-abiding, shall stand, The devices 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 How happy the nation whose God is, Yahweh, The people he hath chosen as his own inheritance!

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

13 Out of the heavens, hath Yahweh looked, He hath seen all the sons of men:

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

14 Out of his settled place of abode, hath he fixed his gaze on all the inhabitants of the earth:

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

15 Who fashioneth their heart all together, Who understandeth all their doings.

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

16 Not a king, can be saved by greatness of force, nor, hero, deliver himself by greatness of strength:

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

17 A deception, is the horse, for victory, and, by his great strength, shall he not deliver.

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

18 Lo! the eye of Yahweh, is toward them who revere him, unto such as are waiting for his lovingkindness:

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

19 To rescue, from death, their soul, and to keep them alive in famine.

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

20 Our own soul, hath waited for Yahweh, Our help and our shield, is he!

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

21 For, in him, shall our heart rejoice, For, in his holy Name, have we trusted.

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

22 Be thy lovingkindness, O Yahweh, upon us, According as we have waited for thee.

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