시편 33

Praise the Creator who rules the nations

¹Sing for joy in the LORD, you righteous; praise suits those who are upright. ²Thank the LORD on the lyre; play music for him on the ten-stringed harp. ³Sing him a new song; play your best, with shouts of joy. ⁴For the LORD’s word is right, and all his deeds show his faithfulness. ⁵He loves what is right and just; the LORD’s loyal love fills the whole earth. ⁶The heavens were made at the LORD’s word, and the breath of his mouth made all their array of stars. ⁷He heaps up the waters of the sea like a mound and keeps the ocean depths in storerooms.^{a 8}Let the whole earth fear the LORD; let everyone who lives in the world tremble with awe before him. ⁹For he only had to speak, and it was; he gave the command, and there it stood. ¹⁰The LORD brings the schemes of nations to nothing; he blocks what the peoples plan. ¹¹The LORD’s purpose stands firm forever, and what he has planned in his heart lasts through every generation. ¹²How blessed is the nation that has the LORD as its God, the people he chose to be his own possession! ¹³The LORD looks out from heaven and sees every human being. ¹⁴From the place where he lives he keeps his eye on everyone who lives on the earth, ¹⁵the one who shaped every one of their hearts and who notices everything they do. ¹⁶No king wins the day because his army is large; no warrior escapes because his strength is great. ¹⁷The horse is a deceptive hope for victory; with all its great strength it saves no one. ¹⁸Look, the LORD keeps watch over those who fear him, who wait with hope for his loyal love, ¹⁹to save their lives from death and to keep them living through famine. ²⁰With all our being we wait for the LORD; he is the one who helps us and shields us. ²¹Our hearts are glad in him, because we have put our trust in his holy name. ²²LORD, let your loyal love be over us, in keeping with our hope in you.