Psalm 33

Psalm 32

A Psalm of instruction ¹by David.

¹ ²Blessed are they whose transgressions are forgiven, and who sins are covered. ²Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin, and whose mouth there is no guile.

³Because I kept silence, my bones waxed old, from my crying all the day. ⁴For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: I became thoroughly miserable while ³a thorn was fastened in me. Pause. ⁵I acknowledged my sin, and hid not mine iniquity: I said, I will confess mine iniquity to the Lord against myself; and thou forgavest the ungodliness of my heart. Pause. ⁶Therefore shall every holy one pray to thee in a fit time: only in the deluge of many waters they shall not come nigh to him. ⁷Thou art my refuge from the affliction that encompasses me; my joy, to deliver me from them that have compassed me. Pause.

⁸I will instruct thee and guide thee in this way wherein thou shalt go: I will fix mine eyes upon thee. ⁹Be ye not as horse and mule, which have no understanding; ⁴ but thou must constrain their jaws with bit and curb, lest they should come nigh to thee. ¹⁰Many are the scourges of the sinner: but him that hopes in the Lord mercy shall compass about. ¹¹Be glad in the Lord, and exult, ye righteous: and glory, all ye that are upright in heart.

Psalm 33

A Psalm of David.

¹Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous; praise becomes the upright. ²⁵Praise the Lord on the harp; platy to him on a psaltery of ten strings. ³Sing to him a new song; play skillfully with a loud noise.

⁴For the word of the Lord is right; and all his works are ⁶faithful. ⁵He loves

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mercy and judgment; the earth is full the mercy of the Lord. ⁶By the word of the Lord the heavens were established; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. ⁷Who gathers the waters of the sea as in a bottle; who lays up the deeps in treasuries. ⁸Let all the earth fear the Lord; and let all that dwell in the world be moved because of him. ⁹For he spoke, and they were made; he commanded, and they were created. ¹⁰The Lord frustrates the counsels of the nations; he brings to nought also the reasonings of the peoples, and brings to nought the counsels of princes. ¹¹But the counsel of the Lord endures for ever, the thoughts of his heart from generation to generation. ¹²Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; the people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance. ¹³The Lord looks out of heaven; he beholds all the sons of men. ¹⁴He looks from his prepared habitation on all the dwellers on the earth; ¹⁵who fashioned their hearts ⁷alone; who understands all their works. ¹⁶A king is not saved by reason of a great host; and a giant shall not be delivered by the greatness of his strength. ¹⁷A horse is vain for safety; neither shall he be delivered by the greatness of his power.

¹⁸Behold, the eyes of the Lord are on them that fear him, those that hope in his mercy; ¹⁹to deliver their souls from death, and to keep them alive in famine. ²⁰Our soul waits on the Lord; for he is our helper and defender. ²¹For our heart shall rejoice in him, and we have hoped in his holy name. ²²Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, according as we have hoped in thee.