Psalms 33
1 Sing, ye righteous, in Jehovah, For upright ones praise [is] comely.
Rejoice in Yahweh, you righteous; praise is appropriate for the upright.
2 Give ye thanks to Jehovah with a harp, With psaltery of ten strings sing praise to Him,
Give thanks to Yahweh with the harp; sing praises to him with the harp of ten strings.
3 Sing ye to Him a new song, Play skilfully with shouting.
Sing to him a new song; play skillfully and sing with joy.
4 For upright [is] the word of Jehovah, And all His work [is] in faithfulness.
For Yahweh's word is upright, and everything he does is fair.
5 Loving righteousness and judgment, Of the kindness of Jehovah is the earth full.
He loves righteousness and justice. The earth is full of Yahweh's covenant faithfulness.
6 By the word of Jehovah The heavens have been made, And by the breath of His mouth all their host.
By the word of Yahweh the heavens were made, and all the stars were made by the breath of his mouth.
7 Gathering as a heap the waters of the sea, Putting in treasuries the depths.
He gathers the waters of the sea together like a heap; he puts the oceans in storehouses.
8 Afraid of Jehovah are all the earth, Of Him are all the inhabitants of the world afraid.
Let the whole earth fear Yahweh; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.
9 For He hath said, and it is, He hath commanded, and it standeth.
For he spoke, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood in place.
10 Jehovah made void the counsel of nations, He disallowed the thoughts of the peoples.
Yahweh frustrates the alliances of nations; he overrules the plans of the peoples.
11 The counsel of Jehovah to the age standeth, The thoughts of His heart to all generations.
The plans of Yahweh stand forever, the plans of his heart for all generations.
12 O the happiness of the nation whose God [is] Jehovah, Of the people He did choose, For an inheritance to Him.
Blessed is the nation whose God is Yahweh, the people whom he has chosen as his own inheritance.
13 From the heavens hath Jehovah looked, He hath seen all the sons of men.
Yahweh looks from heaven; he sees all the people.
14 From the fixed place of His dwelling, He looked unto all inhabitants of the earth;
From the place where he lives, he looks down on all who live on the earth.
15 Who is forming their hearts together, Who is attending unto all their works.
He who shapes the hearts of them all observes all their deeds.
16 The king is not saved by the multitude of a force. A mighty man is not delivered, By abundance of power.
No king is saved by a vast army; a warrior is not saved by his great strength.
17 A false thing [is] the horse for safety, And by the abundance of his strength He doth not deliver.
A horse is a false hope for victory; in spite of his great strength, he cannot rescue.
18 Lo, the eye of Jehovah [is] to those fearing Him, To those waiting for His kindness,
See, Yahweh's eye is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his covenant faithfulness
19 To deliver from death their soul, And to keep them alive in famine.
to deliver their lives from death and to keep them alive in times of famine.
20 Our soul hath waited for Jehovah, Our help and our shield [is] He,
We wait for Yahweh; he is our help and our shield.
21 For in Him doth our heart rejoice, For in His holy name we have trusted.
Our hearts rejoice in him, for we trust in his holy name.
22 Let Thy kindness, O Jehovah, be upon us, As we have waited for Thee!
Let your covenant faithfulness, Yahweh, be with us as we put our hope in you.
