Psalms

1Rejoice in the LORD, you righteous!Praise is fitting for the upright.

2Give thanks to the LORD with the lyre.Sing praises to him with the harp of ten strings.

3Sing to him a new song.Play skillfully with a shout of joy!

4For the LORD’s word is right.All his work is done in faithfulness.

5He loves righteousness and justice.The earth is full of the loving kindness of the LORD.

6By the LORD’s word, the heavens were made:all their army by the breath of his mouth.

7He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap.He lays up the deeps in storehouses.

8Let all the earth fear the LORD.Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.

9For he spoke, and it was done.He commanded, and it stood firm.

10The LORD brings the counsel of the nations to nothing.He makes the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.

11The counsel of the LORD stands fast forever,the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

12Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD,the people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance.

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

14From the place of his habitation he looks out on all the inhabitants of the earth,

15he who fashions all of their hearts; and he considers all of their works.

16There is no king saved by the multitude of an army.A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.

17A horse is a vain thing for safety,neither does he deliver any by his great power.

18Behold, the LORD’s eye is on those who fear him,on those who hope in his loving kindness,

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

20Our soul has waited for the LORD.He is our help and our shield.

21For our heart rejoices in him,because we have trusted in his holy name.

22Let your loving kindness be on us, LORD,since we have hoped 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!