1 Psalm 33 Yahweh Is Our Help and Our Shield Sing for joy in Yahweh, O righteous ones;Praise is becoming to the upright.2 Give thanks to Yahweh with the lyre;Sing praises to Him with a harp of ten strings.3 Sing to Him a new song;Play skillfully with a loud shout.4 For the word of Yahweh is upright,And all His work isdonein faithfulness.5 He loves righteousness and justice;The earth is full of the lovingkindness of Yahweh.6 ¶By the word of Yahweh the heavens were made,And by the breath of His mouth all their host.7 He gathers the waters of the sea 33:7A container; some ancient versions in a water skin as a heap;He lays up the deeps in storehouses.8 Let all the earth fear Yahweh;Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.9 For He spoke, and it was;He commanded, and it 33:9 Or stood forth stood.10 Yahweh nullifies the counsel of the nations;He frustrates the thoughts of the peoples.11 The counsel of Yahweh stands forever,The thoughts of His heart from generation to generation.12 Blessed is the nation whose God is Yahweh,The people whom He has chosen for His own inheritance.13 ¶Yahweh looks from heaven;He sees all the sons of men;14 From the place of His habitation He gazesOn all the inhabitants of the earth,15 He who forms 33:15Or their heart together the hearts of them all,He who understands all their works.16 The king is not saved by a mighty army;A warrior is not delivered by great strength.17 A horse is a false hope for salvation;Nor does it provide escape to anyone by its great strength.18 ¶Behold, the eye of Yahweh is on those who fear Him,On those who wait for His lovingkindness,19 To deliver their soul from deathAnd to keep them alive in famine.20 Our soul is patient for Yahweh;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 lovingkindness, O Yahweh, be upon us,As we wait for You.