Psalms 33
1 Shout for joy in the Lord, you righteous: praise for the upright is seemly.
Rejoice in YHWH, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.
2 Give thanks to the Lord on the lyre, play to him on a ten-stringed harp.
Praise YHWH with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.
3 Sing to him a new song, play skilfully and shout merrily.
Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully 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 YHWH is right; and all his works are done in truth.
5 Justice and right he loves; the earth is full of his kindness.
He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of YHWH.
6 By his word the heavens were made, all their host by the breath of his mouth.
By the word of YHWH 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 gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.
8 Let the whole world honour the Lord, let all who live on earth be in awe.
Let all the earth fear YHWH: 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 spake, 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,
YHWH bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
11 but the Lord’s own design will stand forever, and what his heart has purposed, through all generations.
The counsel of YHWH standeth for ever, 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 Elohim is YHWH: and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
13 The Lord looks down from heaven, he sees all of humanity;
YHWH looketh from heaven; he beholdeth 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 looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.
15 He fashions the hearts of them all, and gives heed to all that they do.
He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth 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 host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
17 false hope is the war-horse to usher in victory, for all its great might it can provide no escape.
An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.
18 See! The eye of the Lord is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his kindness;
Behold, the eye of YHWH is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;
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 waiteth for YHWH: 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 mercy, O YHWH, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.
