Psalms 33-35

Psalm 33

¹Exult, ye righteous, in Jehovah: praise is comely for the upright.

²Give thanks unto Jehovah with the harp; sing psalms unto him with the ten-stringed lute.

³Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud sound.

⁴For the word of Jehovah is right, and all his work is in faithfulness.

⁵He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the loving-kindness of Jehovah.

⁶By the word of Jehovah were the heavens made, and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

⁷He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap; he layeth up the deeps in storehouses.

⁸Let all the earth fear Jehovah; 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.

¹⁰Jehovah frustrateth the counsel of the nations; he maketh the thoughts of the peoples of none effect.

¹¹The counsel of Jehovah standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart from generation to generation.

¹²Blessed is the nation whose God is Jehovah, the people that he hath chosen for his inheritance!

¹³Jehovah looketh from the heavens; he beholdeth all the sons of men:

¹⁴From the place of his habitation he looketh forth upon all the inhabitants of the earth;

¹⁵He who fashioneth the hearts of them all, who considereth all their works.

¹⁶The king is not saved by the multitude of his forces; a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.

¹⁷The horse is a vain thing for safety; neither doth he deliver by his great power.

¹⁸Behold, the eye of Jehovah is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his loving-kindness,

¹⁹To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.

²⁰Our soul waiteth for Jehovah: he is our help and our shield.

²¹For in him shall our heart rejoice, because we have confided in his holy name.

²²Let thy loving-kindness, O Jehovah, be upon us, according as we have hoped in thee.

Psalm 34

¹A Psalm of David; when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed. I will bless Jehovah at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

²My soul shall make its boast in Jehovah: the meek shall hear, and rejoice.

³Magnify Jehovah with me, and let us exalt his name together.

⁴I sought Jehovah, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.

⁵They looked unto him, and were enlightened, and their faces were not confounded.

⁶This afflicted one called, and Jehovah heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

⁷The angel of Jehovah encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.

⁸Taste and see that Jehovah is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him!

⁹Fear Jehovah, ye his saints; for there is no want to them that fear him.

¹⁰The young lions are in need and suffer hunger; but they that seek Jehovah shall not want any good.

¹¹Come, ye sons, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of Jehovah.

¹²What man is he that desireth life, and loveth days, that he may see good?

¹³Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile;

¹⁴Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

¹⁵The eyes of Jehovah are upon the righteous, and his ears are toward their cry;

¹⁶The face of Jehovah is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth:

¹⁷The righteous cry, and Jehovah heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

¹⁸Jehovah is nigh to those that are of a broken heart, and saveth them that are of a contrite spirit.

¹⁹Many are the adversities of the righteous, but Jehovah delivereth him out of them all:

²⁰He keepeth all his bones; not one of them is broken.

²¹Evil shall destroy the wicked; and they that hate the righteous shall bear their guilt.

²²Jehovah redeemeth the soul of his servants; and none of them that trust in him shall bear guilt.

Psalm 35

¹A Psalm of David. Strive, O Jehovah, with them that strive with me; fight against them that fight against me:

²Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for my help;

³And draw out the spear, and stop the way against my pursuers: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.

⁴Let them be put to shame and confounded that seek after my life; let them be turned backward and brought to confusion that devise my hurt:

⁵Let them be as chaff before the wind, and let the angel of Jehovah drive them away;

⁶Let their way be dark and slippery, and let the angel of Jehovah pursue them.

⁷For without cause have they hidden for me their net in a pit; without cause they have digged it for my soul.

⁸Let destruction come upon him unawares, and let his net which he hath hidden catch himself: for destruction let him fall therein.

⁹And my soul shall be joyful in Jehovah; it shall rejoice in his salvation.

¹⁰All my bones shall say, Jehovah, who is like unto thee, who deliverest the afflicted from one stronger than he, yea, the afflicted and the needy from him that spoileth him!

¹¹Unrighteous witnesses rise up; they lay to my charge things which I know not.

¹²They reward me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul.

¹³But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I chastened my soul with fasting, and my prayer returned into mine own bosom:

¹⁴I behaved myself as though he had been a friend, a brother to me; I bowed down in sadness, as one that mourneth for a mother.

¹⁵But at my halting they rejoiced, and gathered together: the slanderers gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:

¹⁶With profane jesters for bread, they have gnashed their teeth against me.

¹⁷Lord, how long wilt thou look on? Rescue my soul from their destructions, my only one from the young lions.

¹⁸I will give thee thanks in the great congregation; I will praise thee among much people.

¹⁹Let not them that are wrongfully mine enemies rejoice over me; let them not wink with the eye that hate me without cause.

²⁰For they speak not peace; and they devise deceitful words against the quiet in the land.

²¹And they opened their mouth wide against me; they said, Aha! aha! our eye hath seen it.

²²Thou hast seen it, Jehovah: keep not silence; O Lord, be not far from me.

²³Stir up thyself, and awake for my right, for my cause, my God and Lord!

²⁴Judge me, Jehovah my God, according to thy righteousness, and let them not rejoice over me.

²⁵Let them not say in their heart, Aha! so would we have it. Let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

²⁶Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine adversity; let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.

²⁷Let them exult and rejoice that delight in my righteousness; and let them say continually, Jehovah be magnified, who delighteth in the prosperity of his servant.

²⁸And my tongue shall talk of thy righteousness, and of thy praise, all the day.