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.