Psalm 33New King James Version (NKJV)

The Sovereignty of the Lord in Creation and History

Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous!
For praise from the upright is beautiful.
²Praise the Lord with the harp;
Make melody to Him with an instrument of ten strings.
³Sing to Him a new song;
Play skillfully with a shout of joy.

⁴For the word of the Lord is right,
And all His work is done in truth.
⁵He loves righteousness and justice;
The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.

⁶By the word of the Lord the heavens were made,
And all the host of them by the breath of His mouth.
⁷He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap;^[a]
He lays up the deep in storehouses.

⁸Let all the earth fear the Lord;
Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.
⁹For He spoke, and it was done;
He commanded, and it stood fast.

¹⁰The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing;
He makes the plans of the peoples of no effect.

¹¹The counsel of the Lord stands forever,
The plans of His heart to all generations.
¹²Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,
The people He has chosen as His own inheritance.

¹³The Lord looks from heaven;
He sees all the sons of men.
¹⁴From the place of His dwelling He looks
On all the inhabitants of the earth;
¹⁵He fashions their hearts individually;
He considers all their works.

¹⁶No king is saved by the multitude of an army;
A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.
¹⁷A horse is a vain hope for safety;
Neither shall it deliver any by its great strength.

¹⁸Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear Him,
On those who hope in His mercy,
¹⁹To deliver their soul from death,
And to keep them alive in famine.

²⁰Our soul waits for the Lord;
He is our help and our shield.

²¹For our heart shall rejoice in Him,
Because we have trusted in His holy name.
²²Let Your mercy, O Lord, be upon us,
Just as we hope in You.