Psalms 33

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

Rejoice in Jehovah, O ye righteous. Praise is comely for the upright.

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

Give thanks to Jehovah with the harp. Sing praises to him with the psaltery of ten strings.

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

Sing to him a new song. Play skillfully with a loud noise.

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

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

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

He loves righteousness and justice. The earth is full of the loving kindness of Jehovah.

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

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

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

He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap. He lays up the deeps in store-houses.

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

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

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

For he spoke, and it was done. He commanded, and it stood fast.

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

Jehovah brings the counsel of the nations to naught. He makes the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.

11 but the Lord’s own design will stand forever, and what his heart has purposed, through all generations.

The counsel of Jehovah stands fast forever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

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

Blessed is the nation whose God is Jehovah, the people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance.

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

Jehovah looks from heaven. He beholds all the sons of men.

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

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

15 He fashions the hearts of them all, and gives heed to all that they do.

he who fashions the hearts of them all, who considers all their works.

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

There is no king saved by the multitude of an army. A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.

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

A horse is a vain thing for safety, nor does he deliver any by his great power.

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

Behold, the eye of Jehovah is upon those who fear him, upon those who hope in his loving kindness,

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

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

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

Our soul has waited for Jehovah. He is our help and our shield.

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

For our heart shall rejoice in him because we have trusted in his holy name.

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

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