Psalms — Chapter 33

Sing forth, O you righteous, to GOD;it is fitting that the upright offer praise.

Praise GOD with the lyre;with the ten-stringed harp sing out;

sing [God] a new song;play sweetly with shouts of joy.

For the word of GOD is right,and God’s every deed is faithful.

[God] loves what is right and just;the earth is full of GOD’s faithful care.

By the word of GOD the heavens were made,by the breath of God’s mouth, all their host.

[God] heaps up the ocean waters like a mound,stores the deep in vaults.

Let all the earth fear GOD;let all the inhabitants of the world feel dread.

For [God] spoke, and it was;issued the command, and it endured.

GOD frustrates the plans of nations,brings to naught the designs of peoples.

What GOD plans endures forever,what [God] designs, for ages on end.

Happy the nation whose God is the ETERNAL,the people who are chosen as a permanent possession.

GOD looks down from heavenand sees all humankind.

From God’s dwelling-place the divine gaze toucheson all the inhabitants of the earth—

the One who fashions the hearts of them all,who discerns all their doings.

Kings are not delivered by a large force;warriors are not saved by great strength;

horses are a false hope for deliverance;for all their great power they provide no escape.

Truly GOD’s eye is on those who show reverence,who wait for God’s faithful care

to save them from death,to sustain them in famine.

We set our hope on GOD,who is our help and shield;

in whom our hearts rejoice,in whose holy name we trust.

May we enjoy, O ETERNAL One, Your faithful care,as we have put our hope in You.