Psalms 33
1 Rejoice in Yahweh, you righteous; praise is appropriate for the upright.
Be joyful, O ye righteous, in the Lord; [for] unto the righteous praise is comely.
2 Give thanks to Yahweh with the harp; sing praises to him with the harp of ten strings.
Give thanks unto the Lord with the harp: with the ten-stringed psaltery do ye sing [praises] unto him.
3 Sing to him a new song; play skillfully and sing with joy.
Sing unto him a new song; play beautifully amidst a triumphant shout.
4 For Yahweh's word is upright, and everything he does is fair.
For the word of the Lord is upright; and all his works [are done] in truth.
5 He loves righteousness and justice. The earth is full of Yahweh's covenant faithfulness.
He loveth righteousness and justice: the earth is full of the kindness of the Lord.
6 By the word of Yahweh the heavens were made, and all the stars were made by the breath of his mouth.
By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and by the breath of his mouth all their host.
7 He gathers the waters of the sea together like a heap; he puts the oceans in storehouses.
He gathereth together like heaps the waters of the sea: he layeth up in store-houses the depths [of the sea].
8 Let the whole earth fear Yahweh; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.
Let all the earth fear the Lord: of him stand in awe all the inhabitants of the world.
9 For he spoke, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood in place.
For he spoke, and it came into being: he commanded, and it stood fast.
10 Yahweh frustrates the alliances of nations; he overrules the plans of the peoples.
The Lord frustrateth the resolves of the nations: he bringeth to nought the thoughts of the people.
11 The plans of Yahweh stand forever, the plans of his heart for all generations.
The counsel of the Lord will stand for ever, the thoughts of his heart from generation to generation.
12 Blessed is the nation whose God is Yahweh, the people whom he has chosen as his own inheritance.
Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom he hath chosen for himself as a heritage.
13 Yahweh looks from heaven; he sees all the people.
The Lord looketh from heaven; he seeth all the sons of men.
14 From the place where he lives, he looks down on all who live on the earth.
From the place of his habitation he directeth his view upon all the inhabitants of the earth;
15 He who shapes the hearts of them all observes all their deeds.
He fashioneth their hearts altogether; he hath regard to all their works.
16 No king is saved by a vast army; a warrior is not saved by his great strength.
The king is not saved by the multitude of an army: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
17 A horse is a false hope for victory; in spite of his great strength, he cannot rescue.
Vain is the horse for victory: nor shall he deliver any by the greatness of his strength.
18 See, Yahweh's eye is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his covenant faithfulness
Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon those that fear him, upon those that hope for his kindness.
19 to deliver their lives from death and to keep them alive in times of famine.
To deliver from death their soul, and to keep them alive in famine.
20 We wait for Yahweh; he is our help and our shield.
Our soul waiteth for the Lord: our help and our shield is he.
21 Our hearts rejoice in him, for we trust in his holy name.
For in him shall our heart rejoice: because in his holy name have we trusted.
22 Let your covenant faithfulness, Yahweh, be with us as we put our hope in you.
Let thy kindness, O Lord, be upon us, even as we hope in thee.
