Psalm 33-34

New King James Version

The Sovereignty of the Lord in Creation and History

33 Rejoice ^(A)in the Lord, O you righteous!
For praise from the upright is beautiful.
²Praise the Lord with the harp;
^[a]Make melody to Him with an instrument of ten strings.
³Sing to Him a new song;
Play skillfully with a shout of joy.

⁴For the word of the Lord is right,
And all His work is done in truth.
⁵He loves righteousness and justice;
The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.

⁶^(B)By the word of the Lord the heavens were made,
And all the ^(C)host of them ^(D)by the breath of His mouth.
⁷^(E)He gathers the waters of the sea together ^[b]as a heap;
He lays up the deep in storehouses.

⁸Let all the earth fear the Lord;
Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.
⁹For ^(F)He spoke, and it was done;
He commanded, and it stood fast.

¹⁰^(G)The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing;
He makes the plans of the peoples of no effect.
¹¹^(H)The counsel of the Lord stands forever,
The plans of His heart to all generations.
¹²Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,
The people He has ^(I)chosen as His own inheritance.

¹³^(J)The Lord looks from heaven;
He sees all the sons of men.
¹⁴From the place of His dwelling He looks
On all the inhabitants of the earth;
¹⁵He fashions their hearts individually;
^(K)He ^[c]considers all their works.

¹⁶^(L)No king is saved by the multitude of an army;
A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.
¹⁷^(M)A horse is a ^[d]vain hope for safety;
Neither shall it deliver any by its great strength.

¹⁸^(N)Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear Him,
On those who hope in His mercy,
¹⁹To deliver their soul from death,
And ^(O)to keep them alive in famine.

²⁰Our soul waits for the Lord;
He is our help and our shield.
²¹For our heart shall rejoice in Him,
Because we have trusted in His holy name.
²²Let Your mercy, O Lord, be upon us,
Just as we hope in You.

The Happiness of Those Who Trust in God

A Psalm of David ^(P)when he pretended madness before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed.

34 I will ^(Q)bless the Lord at all times;
His praise shall continually be in my mouth.
²My soul shall make its boast in the Lord;
The humble shall hear of it and be glad.
³Oh, magnify the Lord with me,
And let us exalt His name together.

⁴I ^(R)sought the Lord, and He heard me,
And delivered me from all my fears.
⁵They looked to Him and were radiant,
And their faces were not ashamed.
⁶This poor man cried out, and the Lord heard him,
And saved him out of all his troubles.
⁷^(S)The ^[e]angel of the Lord ^(T)encamps all around those who fear Him,
And delivers them.

⁸Oh, ^(U)taste and see that the Lord is good;
^(V)Blessed is the man who trusts in Him!
⁹Oh, fear the Lord, you His saints!
There is no ^[f]want to those who fear Him.
¹⁰The young lions lack and suffer hunger;
^(W)But those who seek the Lord shall not lack any good thing.

¹¹Come, you children, listen to me;
^(X)I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
¹²^(Y)Who is the man who desires life,
And loves many days, that he may see good?
¹³Keep your tongue from evil,
And your lips from speaking ^(Z)deceit.
¹⁴^(AA)Depart from evil and do good;
^(AB)Seek peace and pursue it.

¹⁵^(AC)The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
And His ears are open to their cry.
¹⁶^(AD)The face of the Lord is against those who do evil,
^(AE)To ^[g]cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

¹⁷The righteous cry out, and ^(AF)the Lord hears,
And delivers them out of all their troubles.
¹⁸^(AG)The Lord is near ^(AH)to those who have a broken heart,
And saves such as ^[h]have a contrite spirit.

¹⁹^(AI)Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
^(AJ)But the Lord delivers him out of them all.
²⁰He guards all his bones;
^(AK)Not one of them is broken.
²¹^(AL)Evil shall slay the wicked,
And those who hate the righteous shall be ^[i]condemned.
²²The Lord ^(AM)redeems the soul of His servants,
And none of those who trust in Him shall be condemned.