1 *[Ps. 32:11] Shout for joy in the Lord, O you righteous!

*Ps. 147:1Praise befits the upright.

2 Give thanks to the Lord with the *Ps. 71:22lyre;

make melody to him with *Ps. 71:22the harp of *Ps. 144:9ten strings!

3 Sing to him *Ps. 40:3;96:1;Isa. 42:10a new song;

play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts.

4 For the word of the Lord is upright,

and all his work is done in *Ps. 119:75faithfulness.

5 He *Ps. 11:7;36:5,6;45:7;89:14loves righteousness and justice;

*Ps. 119:64the earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord.

6 By *Gen. 1:6,7;Heb. 11:3;2 Pet. 3:5;[John 1:3] the word of the Lord the heavens were made,

and by *[Job 26:13;Isa. 11:4] the breath of his mouth all *Gen. 2:1their host.

7 He gathers the waters of the sea as *Ps. 78:13;Ex. 15:8;Josh. 3:13,16a heap;

he *See Job 38:8puts the deeps in storehouses.

8 Let all the earth fear the Lord;

let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him!

9 For *Ps. 148:5,6;Gen. 1:3;[Ps. 147:15,18]he spoke, and it came to be;

he commanded, and it stood firm.

10 The Lord*Isa. 19:3;Luke 1:51;[2 Sam. 15:34;17:14;Neh. 4:15;Job 5:12;Isa. 8:10]brings the counsel of the nations to nothing;

he frustrates the plans of the peoples.

11 *Prov. 19:21;Isa. 46:10The counsel of the Lord stands forever,

the plans of his heart to all generations.

12 *Ps. 144:15;Deut. 33:29Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,

the people whom he has *Ps. 65:4;Deut. 7:6;[Ex. 19:5]chosen as his heritage!

13 The Lord*Job 28:24;See Ps. 11:4looks down from heaven;

he sees all the children of man;

14 from *1 Kgs. 8:39,43,49where he sits enthroned he *[Prov. 15:3;Jer. 32:19]looks out

on all the inhabitants of the earth,

15 he who fashions the hearts of them all

and observes all their deeds.

16 *[Ps. 44:6]The king is not saved by his great army;

a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.

17 *Ps. 20:7;147:10;Prov. 21:31;Hos. 1:7The war horse is a false hope for salvation,

and by its great might it cannot rescue.

18 Behold, *Ps. 34:15;Job 36:7;1 Pet. 3:12the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him,

*Ps. 147:11on those who hope in his steadfast love,

19 that he may *[Acts 12:11] deliver their soul from death

and keep them alive in *Ps. 37:19;Job 5:20famine.

20 Our soul *Ps. 62:1,5;130:6;Isa. 8:17waits for the Lord;

he is our *Ps. 115:9-11help and *See Ps. 3:3our shield.

21 For our heart is *Zech. 10:7;See Ps. 9:14glad in him,

because we *See Ps. 11:1trust in his holy name.

22 Let your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us,

even as we hope in you.