[1] All you who are righteous, shout joyfully to the LORD! It’s right for those who do right to praise God. [2] Give thanks to the LORD with the lyre! Sing praises to him with the ten-stringed harp! [3] Sing to him a new song! Play your best with joyful shouts! [4] Because the LORD’s word is right, his every act is done in good faith. [5] He loves righteousness and justice; the LORD’s faithful love fills the whole earth. [6] The skies were made by the LORD’s word, all their starry multitude by the breath of his mouth. [7] He gathered the ocean waters into a heap; he put the deep seas into storerooms. [8] All the earth honors the LORD; all the earth’s inhabitants stand in awe of him. [9] Because when he spoke, it happened! When he commanded, there it was! [10] The LORD overrules what the nations plan; he frustrates what the peoples intend to do. [11] But the LORD’s plan stands forever; what he intends to do lasts from one generation to the next. [12] The nation whose God is the LORD, the people whom God has chosen as his possession, is truly happy! [13] The LORD looks down from heaven; he sees every human being. [14] From his dwelling place God observes all who live on earth. [15] God is the one who made all their hearts, the one who knows everything they do. [16] Kings aren’t saved by the strength of their armies; warriors aren’t rescued by how much power they have. [17] A warhorse is a bad bet for victory; it can’t save despite its great strength. [18] But look here: the LORD’s eyes watch all who honor him, all who wait for his faithful love, [19] to deliver their lives from death and keep them alive during a famine. [20] We put our hope in the LORD. He is our help and our shield. [21] Our heart rejoices in God because we trust his holy name. [22] LORD, let your faithful love surround us because we wait for you.
