Psalms 33

¹Sing joyfully to the Lord, you righteous; it is fitting for the upright to praise him.

²Praise the Lord with the harp; make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre.

³Sing to him a new song; play skillfully, and shout for joy.

⁴For the word of the Lord is right and true; he is faithful in all he does.

⁵The Lord loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of his unfailing love.

⁶By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, their starry host by the breath of his mouth.

⁷He gathers the waters of the sea into jars; he puts the deep into storehouses.

⁸Let all the earth fear the Lord; let all the people of the world revere him.

⁹For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm.

¹⁰The Lord foils the plans of the nations; he thwarts the purposes of the peoples.

¹¹But the plans of the Lord stand firm forever, the purposes of his heart through all generations.

¹²Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people he chose for his inheritance.

¹³From heaven the Lord looks down and sees all mankind;

¹⁴from his dwelling place he watches all who live on earth—

¹⁵he who forms the hearts of all, who considers everything they do.

¹⁶No king is saved by the size of his army; no warrior escapes by his great strength.

¹⁷A horse is a vain hope for deliverance; despite all its great strength it cannot save.

¹⁸But the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear him, on those whose hope is in his unfailing love,

¹⁹to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine.

²⁰We wait in hope for the Lord; he is our help and our shield.

²¹In him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in his holy name.

²²May your unfailing love be with us, Lord, even as we put our hope in you.