Psalms 33

Praise to the Creator

1Rejoice in the Lord , you righteous ones;

praise from the upright is beautiful.

2Praise the Lord with the lyre;

make music to Him with a ten-stringed harp.

3Sing a new song to Him;[#Ps 40:3; 96:1; Is 42:10]

play skillfully on the strings, with a joyful shout.

4For the word of the Lord is right,

and all His work is trustworthy.

5He loves righteousness and justice;[#Ps 11:7; 37:28]

the earth is full of the Lord ’s unfailing love.

6The heavens were made by the word of the Lord ,[#Heb 11:3; 2Pt 3:5]

and all the stars, by the breath of His mouth.

7He gathers the waters of the sea into a heap;[#LXX, Tg, Syr, Vg, Jer read sea as in a bottle]

He puts the depths into storehouses.

8Let the whole earth tremble before the Lord ;

let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.

9For He spoke, and it came into being;

He commanded, and it came into existence.

10The Lord frustrates the counsel of the nations;

He thwarts the plans of the peoples.

11The counsel of the Lord stands forever,

the plans of His heart from generation to generation.

12Happy is the nation whose God is Yahweh —

the people He has chosen to be His own possession!

13The Lord looks down from heaven;

He observes everyone.

14He gazes on all the inhabitants of the earth

from His dwelling place.

15He alone shapes their hearts;

He considers all their works.

16A king is not saved by a large army;

a warrior will not be delivered by great strength.

17The horse is a false hope for safety;

it provides no escape by its great power.

18Now the eye of the Lord is on those who fear Him —

those who depend on His faithful love

19to deliver them from death

and to keep them alive in famine.

20We wait for Yahweh;[#Ps 130:6; Is 8:17]

He is our help and shield.

21For our hearts rejoice in Him[#Ps 13:5; 28:7; Jn 16:22]

because we trust in His holy name.

22May Your faithful love rest on us, Yahweh,

for we put our hope in You.

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