The Steadfast Love of the Lord

¹hShout for joy in the Lord, O you righteous!

iPraise befits the upright.

²Give thanks to the Lord with the jlyre;

make melody to him with jthe harp of kten strings!

³Sing to him la new song;

play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts.

⁴For the word of the Lord is upright,

and all his work is done in mfaithfulness.

⁵He nloves righteousness and justice;

othe earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord.

⁶By pthe word of the Lord the heavens were made,

and by qthe breath of his mouth all rtheir host.

⁷He gathers the waters of the sea as sa heap;

he tputs the deeps in storehouses.

⁸Let all the earth fear the Lord;

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

⁹For uhe spoke, and it came to be;

he commanded, and it stood firm.

¹⁰The Lord vbrings the counsel of the nations to nothing;

he frustrates the plans of the peoples.

¹¹wThe counsel of the Lord stands forever,

the plans of his heart to all generations.

¹²xBlessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,

the people whom he has ychosen as his heritage!

¹³The Lord zlooks down from heaven;

he sees all the children of man;

¹⁴from awhere he sits enthroned he blooks out

on all the inhabitants of the earth,

¹⁵he who fashions the hearts of them all

and observes all their deeds.

¹⁶cThe king is not saved by his great army;

a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.

¹⁷dThe war horse is a false hope for salvation,

and by its great might it cannot rescue.

¹⁸Behold, ethe eye of the Lord is on those who fear him,

fon those who hope in his steadfast love,

¹⁹that he may gdeliver their soul from death

and keep them alive in hfamine.

²⁰Our soul iwaits for the Lord;

he is our jhelp and kour shield.

²¹For our heart is lglad in him,

because we mtrust in his holy name.

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

even as we hope in you.