1  ^fShout for joy in the Lord, O you righteous!

^gPraise befits the upright.

2  Give thanks to the Lord with the lyre;

^hmake melody to him with the harp of ten strings!

3  Sing to him a new song;

play skillfully on the strings, with ⁱloud shouts.

4  For the word of the Lord is upright,

and all his work is done in faithfulness.

5  He loves righteousness and justice;

^jthe earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord.

6  ^kBy the word of the Lord the heavens were made,

and by the breath of his mouth all their host.

7  ^lHe gathers the waters of the sea as a heap;

^mhe puts the deeps in storehouses.

8  ⁿLet all the earth fear the Lord;

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

9  For he spoke, and it came to be;

he commanded, and it stood firm.

10  ^oThe Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing;

^phe frustrates the plans of the peoples.

11  The counsel of the Lord stands forever,

the plans of his heart to all generations.

12  ^qBlessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,

^rthe people whom he has ^schosen as his ^theritage!

13  The Lord looks down from heaven;

he sees all the children of man;

14  from where he sits enthroned he looks out

on all the inhabitants of the earth,

15  he who fashions the hearts of them all

and observes all their deeds.

16  The king is not saved by his great army;

a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.

17  ^uThe war horse is a false hope for salvation,

and by its great might it cannot rescue.

18  Behold, the ^veye of the Lord is on those who fear him,

on those who ^whope in his steadfast love,

19  that he may deliver their soul from death

and keep them alive ^xin famine.

20  Our soul waits for the Lord;

he is our help and our ^yshield.

21  For our heart is ^zglad in him,

because we trust in his holy name.

22  Let your ^asteadfast love, O Lord, be upon us,

even as we hope in you.