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Psalm 33

Joyfully sing to Yahweh, you righteous people.
    Praising the Lord is proper for decent people.
Give thanks with a lyre to Yahweh.
    Make music for him on a ten-stringed harp.
Sing a new song to him.
    Play beautifully and joyfully on stringed instruments.

The word of Yahweh is correct,
    and everything he does is trustworthy.
Yahweh loves righteousness and justice.
    His mercy fills the earth.
The heavens were made by the word of Yahweh
    and all the stars by the breath of his mouth.
He gathers the water in the sea like a dam
    and puts the oceans in his storehouses.
Let all the earth fear Yahweh.
    Let all who live in the world stand in awe of him.
He spoke, and it came into being.
    He gave the order, and there it stood.

10 Yahweh blocks the plans of the nations.
    He frustrates the schemes of the people of the world.
11 Yahweh’s plan stands firm forever.
    His thoughts stand firm in every generation.
12 Blessed is the nation whose Elohim is Yahweh.
    Blessed are the people he has chosen as his own.

13 Yahweh looks down from heaven.
    He sees all of Adam’s descendants.
14 From the place where he sits enthroned,
    he looks down upon all who live on earth.
15 The one who formed their hearts
    understands everything they do.

16 No king achieves a victory with a large army.
    No warrior rescues himself by his own great strength.
17 Horses are not a guarantee for victory.
    Their great strength cannot help someone escape.
18 Yahweh’s eyes are on those who fear him,
    on those who wait with hope for his mercy
19 to rescue their souls from death
    and keep them alive during a famine.

20 We wait for Yahweh.
    He is our help and our Magen.
21 In him our hearts find joy.
    In his holy name we trust.
22 Let your mercy rest on us, O Yahweh,
    since we wait with hope for you.

33 Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.

Praise the Lord with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.

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

For the word of the Lord is right; and all his works are done in truth.

He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.

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

He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.

Let all the earth fear the Lord: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.

For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.

10 The Lord bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.

11 The counsel of the Lord standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.

13 The Lord looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.

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

15 He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.

16 There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.

17 An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.

18 Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;

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

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

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

22 Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.