Psalm 33

The Steadfast Love of the Lord

¹Shout for joy in the Lord, O you righteous!

Praise befits the upright.

²Give thanks to the Lord with the lyre;

make melody to him with the harp of ten strings!

³Sing to him a new song;

play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts.

⁴For the word of the Lord is upright,

and all his work is done in faithfulness.

⁵He loves righteousness and justice;

the earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord.

⁶By the word of the Lord the heavens were made,

and by the breath of his mouth all their host.

⁷He gathers the waters of the sea as a heap;

he puts the deeps in storehouses.

⁸Let all the earth fear the Lord;

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.

¹⁰The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing;

he frustrates the plans of the peoples.

¹¹The counsel of the Lord stands forever,

the plans of his heart to all generations.

¹²Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,

the people whom he has chosen as his heritage!

¹³The Lord looks down from heaven;

he sees all the children of man;

¹⁴from where he sits enthroned he looks out

on all the inhabitants of the earth,

¹⁵he who fashions the hearts of them all

and observes all their deeds.

¹⁶The king is not saved by his great army;

a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.

¹⁷The war horse is a false hope for salvation,

and by its great might it cannot rescue.

¹⁸Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him,

on those who hope in his steadfast love,

¹⁹that he may deliver their soul from death

and keep them alive in famine.

²⁰Our soul waits for the Lord;

he is our help and our shield.

²¹For our heart is glad in him,

because we trust in his holy name.

²²Let your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us,

even as we hope in you.