1 Sing for joy in the LORD, you righteous; praise is lovely from the upright.
2 Praise the LORD with the lyre; on a ten-stringed harp make music to him.
3 Sing a new song to him; play well with a shout of joy.
4 For the word of the LORD is right, and all his work is in faithfulness.
5 He loves righteousness and justice; the steadfast love of the LORD fills the earth.
6 By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and by the breath of his mouth all their host.
7 He heaps up the waters of the sea as in a mound; he lays up the deeps in treasuries.
8 Let the whole earth fear the LORD; let all who live in the world be in awe of him.
9 For he spoke, and it was; he commanded, and it stood.
10 The LORD has broken up the counsel of the nations; he has thwarted the designs of the peoples.
11 The counsel of the LORD stands firm forever, the designs of his heart from generation to generation.
12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people he chose for his own inheritance.
13 From the heavens the LORD looks down; he sees all the children of men.
14 From his dwelling place he watches all who live on the earth,
15 he who shapes the heart of them all, who understands all their deeds.
16 No king is saved by a great army; a warrior is not rescued by great strength.
17 A horse is a deceptive hope for deliverance; for all its great strength it cannot save.
18 Look, the eye of the LORD is toward those who fear him, toward those who wait for his steadfast love,
19 to rescue their soul from death and to keep them alive in time of famine.
20 Our soul has waited for the LORD; he is our help and our shield.
21 For in him our heart is glad, for in his holy name we have trusted.
22 May your steadfast love, O LORD, be over us, just as we have waited for you.