Psalms 33
1 Sing, ye righteous, in Jehovah, For upright ones praise [is] comely.
Shout for joy in the Lord, you righteous: praise for the upright is seemly.
2 Give ye thanks to Jehovah with a harp, With psaltery 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 ye to Him a new song, Play skilfully with shouting.
Sing to him a new song, play skilfully and shout merrily.
4 For upright [is] the word of Jehovah, 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, Of the kindness of Jehovah is the earth full.
Justice and right he loves; the earth is full of his kindness.
6 By the word of Jehovah The heavens have been made, And by the breath of His mouth all their host.
By his word the heavens were made, all their host by the breath of his mouth.
7 Gathering as a heap the waters of the sea, Putting in treasuries the depths.
He gathers the sea in a bottle, the ocean he puts into store-houses.
8 Afraid of Jehovah are all the earth, Of Him are all the inhabitants of the world afraid.
Let the whole world honor the Lord, let all who live on earth be in awe.
9 For He hath said, and it is, He hath commanded, and it standeth.
For at his word it came into being, at his command it stood forth.
10 Jehovah 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 Jehovah to the age standeth, The thoughts of His heart to all generations.
but the Lord’s own design will stand forever, and what his heart has purposed, through all generations.
12 O the happiness of the nation whose God [is] Jehovah, Of the people He did choose, For an inheritance to Him.
Happy the nation whose God is the Lord, the people he chose for himself as his own.
13 From the heavens hath Jehovah looked, He hath 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 unto 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 unto 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 by the abundance of his strength He doth 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 Jehovah [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 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 soul hath waited for Jehovah, Our help and our shield [is] He,
We wait for the Lord: he is our help and our shield.
21 For in Him doth our heart rejoice, For in His holy name we have trusted.
For in him our heart is glad, we trust in his holy name.
22 Let Thy kindness, O Jehovah, be upon us, As we have waited for Thee!
Let your kindness, O Lord, be upon us, as is our hope in you.
