1 | Rejoice in Yahweh, you righteous! Praise is fitting for the upright. |
2 | Give thanks to Yahweh with the lyre. Sing praises to him with the harp of ten strings. |
3 | Sing to him a new song. Play skillfully with a shout of joy! |
4 | For the word of Yahweh is right. All his work is done in faithfulness. |
5 | He loves righteousness and justice. The earth is full of the loving kindness of Yahweh. |
6 | By Yahweh's word, the heavens were made; all their army by the breath of his mouth. |
7 | He gathers the waters of the sea together 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 done. He commanded, and it stood firm. |
10 | Yahweh brings the counsel of the nations to nothing. He makes the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect. |
11 | The counsel of Yahweh stands fast forever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations. |
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 looks out on all the inhabitants of the earth, |
15 | he who fashions all of their hearts; and he considers all of their works. |
16 | There is no king saved by the multitude of an army. A mighty man is not delivered by great strength. |
17 | A horse is a vain thing for safety, neither does he deliver any by his great power. |
18 | Behold, Yahweh's eye is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his loving kindness; |
19 | to deliver their soul from death, to keep them alive in famine. |
20 | Our soul has waited for Yahweh. He is our help and our shield. |
21 | For our heart rejoices in him, because we have trusted in his holy name. |
22 | Let your loving kindness be on us, Yahweh, since we have hoped in you. Psalm 34 By David; when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed. |