PSALM 33
1Sing gladly, O righteous, of the LORD,
for the upright, praise is befitting.
2Acclaim the LORD with the lyre,
with the ten-stringed lute hymn to Him.
3Sing Him a new song,
play deftly with joyous shout.
4For the word of the LORD is upright,
and all His doings in good faith.
5He loves the right and the just.
The LORD’s kindness fills the earth.
6By the word of the LORD the heavens were made,
and by the breath of His mouth all their array.
7He gathers like a mound the sea’s waters,
puts in treasure houses the deeps.
8All the earth fears the LORD,
all the world’s dwellers dread Him.
9For He did speak and it came to be,
He commanded, and it stood.
10The LORD thwarted the counsel of nations,
overturned the devisings of peoples.
11The LORD’s counsel will stand forever,
His heart’s devisings for all generations.
12Happy the nation whose god is the LORD,
the people He chose as estate for Him.
13From the heavens the LORD looked down,
saw all the human creatures.
14From His firm throne He surveyed
all who dwell on the earth.
15He fashions their heart one and all.
He understands all their doings.
16The king is not rescued through surfeit of might,
the warrior not saved through surfeit of power.
17The horse is a lie for rescue,
and in his surfeit of might he helps none escape.
18Look, the LORD’s eye is on those who fear Him,
on those who yearn for His kindness
19to save their lives from death
and in famine to keep them alive.
20We urgently wait for the LORD.
Our help and our shield is He.
21For in Him our heart rejoices,
for in His holy name do we trust.
22May Your kindness, O LORD, be upon us,
as we have yearned for You.