Psalm 33

1Shout for joy in Yahweh, you righteous! Praise is fitting for the upright.

2Give thanks to Yahweh with the lyre; make music to him on the ten-stringed harp.

3Sing to him a new song; play skillfully, with shouts of joy.

4For the word of Yahweh is right, and all his work is done in faithfulness.

5He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the steadfast love of Yahweh.

6By the word of Yahweh the heavens were made, and all their host by the breath of his mouth.

7He gathers the waters of the sea as in a heap; he puts the deeps into storehouses.

8Let all the earth fear Yahweh; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.

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

10Yahweh brings the plans of the nations to nothing; he frustrates the purposes of the peoples.

11The plans of Yahweh stand firm forever, the purposes of his heart through all generations.

12Blessed is the nation whose God is Yahweh, the people he has chosen as his own inheritance.

13Yahweh looks down from heaven; he sees the whole human race.

14From the place where he sits enthroned he watches all who live on the earth,

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

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

17A horse is a false hope for victory; for all its great strength it cannot save.

18But the eye of Yahweh is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his steadfast love,

19to rescue their souls from death and keep them alive in famine.

20We wait for Yahweh; he is our help and our shield.

21For our heart rejoices in him, because we trust in his holy name.

22Let your steadfast love be on us, Yahweh, as we put our hope in you.