Psalms 33

1 Rejoice in the LORD, you righteous! Praise is fitting for the upright.

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

2 Give thanks to the LORD with the lyre. 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 with a shout of joy!

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

4 For the LORD’s word is right. All his work is done in faithfulness.

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 the loving kindness of the LORD.

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

6 By the LORD’s word, the heavens were made: all their army 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 as a heap. He lays 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 the LORD. 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 firm.

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

10 The LORD brings the counsel of the nations to nothing. He makes the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.

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

11 The counsel of the LORD stands fast forever, 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 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance.

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

13 The LORD looks from heaven. He sees all the sons of men.

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

14 From the place of his habitation he looks out on all the inhabitants of the earth,

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

15 he who fashions all of their hearts; and he considers all of their works.

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

16 There is no king saved by the multitude of an army. A mighty man is not delivered by 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 vain thing for safety, neither does he deliver any 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 LORD’s eye is on those who fear him, on those who 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, to keep them alive in famine.

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

20 Our soul has waited for the LORD. He is our help and our shield.

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

21 For our heart rejoices in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.

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

22 Let your loving kindness be on us, LORD, since we have hoped in you.

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