Psalm 33

The Steadfast Love of the LORD

[1] Shout for joy in the LORD, O you righteous!

Praise befits the upright.

[2] Give thanks to the LORD with the lyre;

make melody to him with the harp of ten strings!

[3] Sing to him a new song;

play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts.

[4] For the word of the LORD is upright,

and all his work is done in faithfulness.

[5] He loves righteousness and justice;

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

[6] By the word of the LORD the heavens were made,

and by the breath of his mouth all their host.

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

he puts the deeps in storehouses.

[8] Let all the earth fear the LORD;

let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him!

[9] For he spoke, and it came to be;

he commanded, and it stood firm.

[10] The LORD brings the counsel of the nations to nothing;

he frustrates the plans of the peoples.

[11] The counsel of the LORD stands forever,

the plans of his heart to all generations.

[12] Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD,

the people whom he has chosen as his heritage!

[13] The LORD looks down from heaven;

he sees all the children of man;

[14] from where he sits enthroned he looks out

on all the inhabitants of the earth,

[15] he who fashions the hearts of them all

and observes all their deeds.

[16] The king is not saved by his great army;

a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.

[17] The war horse is a false hope for salvation,

and by its great might it cannot rescue.

[18] Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear him,

on those who hope in his steadfast love,

[19] that he may deliver their soul from death

and keep them alive in famine.

[20] Our soul waits for the LORD;

he is our help and our shield.

[21] For our heart is glad in him,

because we trust in his holy name.

[22] Let your steadfast love, O LORD, be upon us,

even as we hope in you.