Psalms 33
1 Rejoice in Yahweh, you righteous; praise is appropriate for the upright.
Shout for joy in the Lord, you righteous: praise for the upright is seemly.
2 Give thanks to Yahweh with the harp; sing praises to him with the harp 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; play skillfully and sing with joy.
Sing to him a new song, play skilfully and shout merrily.
4 For Yahweh's word is upright, and everything he does is fair.
For the Lord is straight in his promise; and all that he does is in faithfulness.
5 He loves righteousness and justice. The earth is full of Yahweh's covenant faithfulness.
Justice and right he loves; the earth is full of his kindness.
6 By the word of Yahweh the heavens were made, and all the stars were made by the breath of his mouth.
By his word the heavens were made, all their host by the breath of his mouth.
7 He gathers the waters of the sea together like a heap; he puts the oceans in storehouses.
He gathers the sea in a bottle, the ocean he puts into store-houses.
8 Let the whole earth fear Yahweh; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.
Let the whole world honor the Lord, let all who live on earth be in awe.
9 For he spoke, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood in place.
For at his word it came into being, at his command it stood forth.
10 Yahweh frustrates the alliances of nations; he overrules the plans of the peoples.
The Lord frustrates the designs of the nations, what the peoples have purposed, he brings to nought,
11 The plans of Yahweh stand forever, the plans of his heart for all generations.
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 Yahweh, the people whom he has chosen as his own inheritance.
Happy the nation whose God is the Lord, the people he chose for himself as his own.
13 Yahweh looks from heaven; he sees all the people.
The Lord looks down from heaven, he sees all of humanity;
14 From the place where he lives, he looks down on all who live on the earth.
from where he rules he gazes on all who inhabit the earth.
15 He who shapes the hearts of them all observes all their deeds.
He fashions the hearts of them all, and gives heed to all that they do.
16 No king is saved by a vast army; a warrior is not saved by his great strength.
It is not by great armies that kings are victorious, it is not by great strength that a warrior saves himself;
17 A horse is a false hope for victory; in spite of his great strength, he cannot rescue.
false hope is the war-horse to usher in victory, for all its great might it can provide no escape.
18 See, Yahweh's eye is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his covenant faithfulness
See! The eye of the Lord is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his kindness;
19 to deliver their lives from death and to keep them alive in times of famine.
to deliver their life from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
20 We wait for Yahweh; he is our help and our shield.
We wait for the Lord: he is our help and our shield.
21 Our hearts rejoice in him, for we trust in his holy name.
For in him our heart is glad, we trust in his holy name.
22 Let your covenant faithfulness, Yahweh, be with us as we put our hope in you.
Let your kindness, O Lord, be upon us, as is our hope in you.
