Psalms 33

1 Exult, ye righteous, in Jehovah: praise is comely for the upright.

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

2 Give thanks unto Jehovah with the harp; sing psalms unto him with the ten-stringed lute.

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

3 Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud sound.

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

4 For the word of Jehovah is right, and all his work is in faithfulness.

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

5 He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the loving-kindness of Jehovah.

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

6 By the word of Jehovah were the heavens made, and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

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

7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap; he layeth up the deeps in storehouses.

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

8 Let all the earth fear Jehovah; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.

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

9 For he spoke, and it was [done]; he commanded, and it stood fast.

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

10 Jehovah frustrateth the counsel of the nations; he maketh the thoughts of the peoples of none effect.

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

11 The counsel of Jehovah standeth for ever, the thoughts 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 Blessed is the nation whose God is Jehovah, the people that he hath chosen for his inheritance!

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

13 Jehovah looketh from the heavens; he beholdeth all the sons of men:

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

14 From the place of his habitation he looketh forth upon all the inhabitants of the earth;

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

15 He who fashioneth the hearts of them all, who considereth 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 [his] forces; a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.

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

17 The horse is a vain thing for safety; neither doth he deliver by his great power.

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

18 Behold, the eye of Jehovah is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his loving-kindness,

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

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

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

20 Our soul waiteth for Jehovah: he is our help and our shield.

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

21 For in him shall our heart rejoice, because we have confided in his holy name.

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

22 Let thy loving-kindness, O Jehovah, be upon us, according as we have hoped in thee.

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