Psalms 33 / 150
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(The Steadfast Love of the Lord)
Shout for joy in the Lord, O you righteous!
Praise befits the upright.
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Give thanks to the Lord with the lyre;
make melody to him with the harp of ten strings!
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Sing to him a new song;
play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts.
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For the word of the Lord is upright,
and all his work is done in faithfulness.
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He loves righteousness and justice;
the earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord.
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By the word of the Lord the heavens were made,
and by the breath of his mouth all their host.
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He gathers the waters of the sea as a heap;
he puts the deeps in storehouses.
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Let all the earth fear the Lord;
let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him!
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For he spoke, and it came to be;
he commanded, and it stood firm.
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The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing;
he frustrates the plans of the peoples.
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The counsel of the Lord stands forever,
the plans of his heart to all generations.
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Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,
the people whom he has chosen as his heritage!
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The Lord looks down from heaven;
he sees all the children of man;
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from where he sits enthroned he looks out
on all the inhabitants of the earth,
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he who fashions the hearts of them all
and observes all their deeds.
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The king is not saved by his great army;
a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.
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The war horse is a false hope for salvation,
and by its great might it cannot rescue.
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Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him,
on those who hope in his steadfast love,
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that he may deliver their soul from death
and keep them alive in famine.
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Our soul waits for the Lord;
he is our help and our shield.
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For our heart is glad in him,
because we trust in his holy name.
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Let your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us,
even as we hope in you.