Psalms

Praise to the Creator

1Rejoice in the LORD, O righteous ones;it is fitting for the upright to praise Him.

2Praise the LORD with the harp;make music to Him with ten strings.

3Sing to Him a new song;play skillfully with a shout of joy.

4For the word of the LORD is upright,and all His work is trustworthy.

5The LORD loves righteousness and justice;the earth is full of His loving devotion.

6By the word of the LORD the heavens were made,and all the stars by the breath of His mouth.

7He piles up the waters of the sea;He puts the depths into storehouses.

8Let all the earth fear the LORD;let all the people of the world revere Him.

9For He spoke, and it came to be;He commanded, and it stood firm.

10The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations;He thwarts the devices of the peoples.

11The counsel of the LORD stands forever,the purposes of His heart to all generations.

12Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD,the people He has chosen as His inheritance!

13The LORD looks down from heaven;He sees all the sons of men.

14From His dwelling place He gazeson all who inhabit the earth.

15He shapes the hearts of each;He considers all their works.

16No king is saved by his vast army;no warrior is delivered by his great strength.

17A horse is a vain hope for salvation;even its great strength cannot save.

18Surely the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear Him,on those whose hope is in His loving devotion

19to deliver them from deathand keep them alive in famine.

20Our soul waits for the LORD;He is our help and our shield.

21For our hearts rejoice in Him,since we trust in His holy name.

22May Your loving devotion rest on us, O LORD,as we put our hope in You.

1Sing, ye righteous, in Jehovah, For upright ones praise [is] comely.

2Give ye thanks to Jehovah with a harp, With psaltery of ten strings sing praise to Him,

3Sing ye to Him a new song, Play skilfully with shouting.

4For upright [is] the word of Jehovah, And all His work [is] in faithfulness.

5Loving righteousness and judgment, Of the kindness of Jehovah is the earth full.

6By the word of Jehovah The heavens have been made, And by the breath of His mouth all their host.

7Gathering as a heap the waters of the sea, Putting in treasuries the depths.

8Afraid of Jehovah are all the earth, Of Him are all the inhabitants of the world afraid.

9For He hath said, and it is, He hath commanded, and it standeth.

10Jehovah made void the counsel of nations, He disallowed the thoughts of the peoples.

11The counsel of Jehovah to the age standeth, The thoughts of His heart to all generations.

12O the happiness of the nation whose God [is] Jehovah, Of the people He did choose, For an inheritance to Him.

13From the heavens hath Jehovah looked, He hath seen all the sons of men.

14From the fixed place of His dwelling, He looked unto all inhabitants of the earth;

15Who is forming their hearts together, Who is attending unto all their works.

16The king is not saved by the multitude of a force. A mighty man is not delivered, By abundance of power.

17A false thing [is] the horse for safety, And by the abundance of his strength He doth not deliver.

18Lo, the eye of Jehovah [is] to those fearing Him, To those waiting for His kindness,

19To deliver from death their soul, And to keep them alive in famine.

20Our soul hath waited for Jehovah, Our help and our shield [is] He,

21For in Him doth our heart rejoice, For in His holy name we have trusted.

22Let Thy kindness, O Jehovah, be upon us, As we have waited for Thee!