Psalms 33
1REJOICE ye righteous in the Lord: praise becometh the upright.
2Praise the Lord with the kithara—with the ten stringed psaltery sing praises to Him.
3Sing to Him a new song; sing in harmonious and triumphant strains.
4For the word of the Lord is right, and all His works are true.
5He loveth mercy and judgment; the earth is full of the mercy of the Lord.
6By the word of the Lord the heavens were established, and all their host by the breath of His mouth.
7He gathered as in a vessel the waters of the sea; He laid up the deeps in store houses.
8Let all the earth fear the Lord; and all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him;
9for He spake and they were brought into being—
10He commanded and they were created. The Lord dissipateth the counsels of nations, and disannulleth the devices of peoples. He disannulleth also the counsels of chiefs.
11But the counsel of the Lord shall endure forever, the thoughts of His heart from generations to generations.
12Happy is the nation, whose God is the Lord—the people, whom He hath chosen for His heritage.
13Out of heaven the Lord looked down; He took a view of all the children of men.
14He looked down from His fixed habitation on all the inhabitants of the earth.
15It is He alone who formed their hearts: He knoweth completely all their works.
16A king is not saved because of a numerous army: nor can a giant be saved by his abundant strength.
17A horse is a false thing for safety; nor can he with all his power save himself.
18Behold the eyes of the Lord are on them who fear Him—on them who confide in His mercy;
19to deliver their souls from death; and to nourish them in a famine.
20Let our soul wait for the Lord; because He is our helper and our protector.
21Because by Him our heart can be made glad, therefore in His Holy Name we have trusted.
22Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us as we have put our trust in Thee.