Psalms, 33

1. Shout for joy, you upright; praise comes well from the honest.

1. Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: [for] praise is comely for the upright.

2. Give thanks to Yahweh on the lyre, play for him on the ten-stringed lyre.

2. Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery [and] an instrument of ten strings.

3. Sing to him a new song, make sweet music for your cry of victory.

3. Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise.

4. The word of Yahweh is straightforward, all he does springs from his constancy.

4. For the word of the LORD [is] right; and all his works [are done] in truth.

5. He loves uprightness and justice; the faithful love of Yahweh fills the earth.

5. He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.

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

6. By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

7. He collects the waters of the sea like a dam, he stores away the abyss in his treasure-house.

7. He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.

8. Let the whole earth fear Yahweh, let all who dwell in the world revere him;

8. Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.

9. for, the moment he spoke, it was so, no sooner had he commanded, than there it stood!

9. For he spake, and it was [done]; he commanded, and it stood fast.

10. Yahweh thwarts the plans of nations, frustrates the counsels of peoples;

10. The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.

11. but Yahweh's own plan stands firm for ever, his heart's counsel from age to age.

11. The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

12. How blessed the nation whose God is Yahweh, the people he has chosen as his heritage.

12. Blessed [is] the nation whose God [is] the LORD; [and] the people [whom] he hath chosen for his own inheritance.

13. From heaven Yahweh looks down, he sees all the children of Adam,

13. The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.

14. from the place where he sits he watches all who dwell on the earth;

14. From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.

15. he alone moulds their hearts, he understands all they do.

15. He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.

16. A large army will not keep a king safe, nor his strength save a warrior's life;

16. There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.

17. it is delusion to rely on a horse for safety, for all its power it cannot save.

17. An horse [is] a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver [any] by his great strength.

18. But see how Yahweh watches over those who fear him, those who rely on his faithful love,

18. Behold, the eye of the LORD [is] upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;

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

19. To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.

20. We are waiting for Yahweh; he is our help and our shield,

20. Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he [is] our help and our shield.

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

21. For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.

22. Yahweh, let your faithful love rest on us, as our hope has rested in you.

22. Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.