Chapter 33

¹Exult, ye righteous, in Jehovah: praise is comely for the upright. ²Give thanks unto Jehovah with the harp; sing psalms unto him with the ten-stringed lute. ³Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud sound. ⁴For the word of Jehovah is right, and all his work is in faithfulness. ⁵He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the loving-kindness of Jehovah. ⁶By the word of Jehovah were the heavens made, and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. ⁷He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap; he layeth up the deeps in storehouses. ⁸Let all the earth fear Jehovah; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him. ⁹For he spoke, and it was [done]; he commanded, and it stood fast. ¹⁰Jehovah frustrateth the counsel of the nations; he maketh the thoughts of the peoples of none effect. ¹¹The counsel of Jehovah standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart from generation to generation. ¹²Blessed is the nation whose God is Jehovah, the people that he hath chosen for his inheritance! ¹³Jehovah looketh from the heavens; he beholdeth all the sons of men: ¹⁴From the place of his habitation he looketh forth upon all the inhabitants of the earth; ¹⁵He who fashioneth the hearts of them all, who considereth all their works. ¹⁶The king is not saved by the multitude of [his] forces; a mighty man is not delivered by much strength. ¹⁷The horse is a vain thing for safety; neither doth he deliver by his great power. ¹⁸Behold, the eye of Jehovah is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his loving-kindness, ¹⁹To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine. ²⁰Our soul waiteth for Jehovah: he is our help and our shield. ²¹For in him shall our heart rejoice, because we have confided in his holy name. ²²Let thy loving-kindness, O Jehovah, be upon us, according as we have hoped in thee.