Psalms 33 - 35 — Legacy Standard Bible

Yahweh Is Our Help and Our Shield

33^aSing for joy in Yahweh, O righteous ones;Praise is ^bbecoming to the upright.²Give thanks to Yahweh with the ^alyre;Sing praises to Him with a ^bharp of ten strings.³Sing to Him a ^anew song;Play skillfully with ^ba loud shout.⁴For the word of Yahweh ^ais upright,And all His work is done ^bin faithfulness.⁵He ^aloves righteousness and justice;The ^bearth is full of the lovingkindness of Yahweh.⁶By the ^aword of Yahweh the heavens were made,And ^bby the breath of His mouth ^call their host.⁷He gathers the ^awaters of the sea ¹as a heap;He lays up the deeps in storehouses.⁸Let ^aall the earth fear Yahweh;Let all the inhabitants of the world ^bstand in awe of Him.⁹For ^aHe spoke, and it was;He commanded, and it ¹stood.¹⁰Yahweh ^anullifies the counsel of the nations;He frustrates the thoughts of the peoples.¹¹The ^acounsel of Yahweh stands forever,The ^bthoughts of His heart from generation to generation.¹²Blessed is the ^anation whose God is Yahweh,The people whom He has ^bchosen for His own inheritance.¹³Yahweh ^alooks from heaven;He ^bsees all the sons of men;¹⁴From ^athe place of His habitation He gazesOn all the inhabitants of the earth,¹⁵He who ^aforms ¹the hearts of them all,He who ^bunderstands all their works.¹⁶^aThe king is not saved by a mighty army;A warrior is not delivered by great strength.¹⁷A ^ahorse is a false hope for salvation;Nor does it provide escape to anyone by its great strength.¹⁸Behold, ^athe eye of Yahweh is on those who fear Him,On those who ^bwait for His lovingkindness,¹⁹To ^adeliver their soul from deathAnd to keep them alive ^bin famine.²⁰Our soul ^ais patient for Yahweh;He is our ^bhelp and our shield.²¹For our ^aheart is glad in Him,Because we trust in His holy name.²²Let Your lovingkindness, O Yahweh, be upon us,As we wait for You.

Taste and See That Yahweh Is Good

א Aleph

Of David. When he feigned madness before ¹Abimelech, so that he drove him away and he departed.

I will ^abless Yahweh at all times;His ^bpraise shall continually be in my mouth.

ב Beth

²My soul will ^amake its boast in Yahweh;The ^bhumble will hear it and rejoice.

ג Gimel

³O ^amagnify Yahweh with me,And let us ^bexalt His name together.

ד Daleth

⁴I ^ainquired of Yahweh, and He answered me,And ^bdelivered me from all that I dread.

ה He / ו Vav

⁵They ^alooked to Him and were radiant,And their faces will ^bnever be humiliated.

ז Zayin

⁶This ¹poor man called out, and ^aYahweh heard himAnd saved him out of all his troubles.

ח Heth

⁷The ^aangel of Yahweh encamps around those who fear Him,And rescues them.

ט Teth

⁸O ^ataste and see that Yahweh is good;How ^bblessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!

י Yodh

⁹Oh, fear Yahweh, you ^aHis saints;For there is ^bno want to those who fear Him.

כ Kaph

¹⁰The young lions do lack and suffer hunger;But they who inquire of Yahweh shall ^anot be in want of any good thing.

ל Lamedh

¹¹^aCome, you children, listen to me;^bI will teach you ^cthe fear of Yahweh.

מ Mem

¹²^aWho is the man who delights in lifeAnd loves many days that he may ^bsee good?

נ Nun

¹³Guard ^ayour tongue from evilAnd your lips from speaking ^bdeceit.

ס Samekh

¹⁴^aDepart from evil and do good;Seek peace and ^bpursue it.

ע Ayin

¹⁵The ^aeyes of Yahweh are toward the righteousAnd His ears are open to their cry for help.

פ Pe

¹⁶The ^aface of Yahweh is against evildoers,To ^bcut off the memory of them from the earth.

צ Tsadhe

¹⁷The righteous ^acry, and Yahweh hearsAnd delivers them out of all their troubles.

ק Qoph

¹⁸Yahweh ^ais near to the ^bbrokenheartedAnd saves those who are ¹^,^ccrushed in spirit.

ר Resh

¹⁹^aMany are the ^bevils against the righteous,But Yahweh ^cdelivers him out of them all.

שׁ Shin

²⁰He keeps all his bones,^aNot one of them is broken.

ת Tav

²¹^aEvil shall slay the wicked,And those who hate the righteous will be ¹condemned.²²Yahweh ^aredeems the soul of His slaves,And all those who ^btake refuge in Him will not be ¹condemned.

Yahweh Be Magnified

Of David.

Contend, O Yahweh, with those who ^acontend with me;Fight against those who ^bfight against me.²Take hold of ¹^,^ashield and large shieldAnd rise up for ^bmy help.³Draw also the spear and ¹the battle-axe to meet those who pursue me;Say to my soul, “I am ^ayour salvation.”⁴Let those be ^aashamed and dishonored who seek my ¹life;Let those who devise evil against me be ^bturned back and humiliated.⁵Let them be ^alike chaff before the wind,With the angel of Yahweh driving them on.⁶Let their way be dark and ^aslippery,With the angel of Yahweh pursuing them.⁷For ^awithout cause they ^bhid their net for me;Without cause they dug a ¹pit for my soul.⁸Let ^adestruction, which he does not know, come upon him,And ^blet the net, which he hid, catch him;Let him fall into it in ^cdestruction.⁹And my soul shall ^arejoice in Yahweh;It shall ^bbe joyful in His salvation.¹⁰All my ^abones will say, “Yahweh, ^bwho is like You,Who delivers the afflicted from him ^cwho is too strong for him,And ^dthe afflicted and the needy from him who robs him?”¹¹^aMalicious witnesses rise up,Who ask me of things that I do not know.¹²They ^arepay me evil for good,It is bereavement to my soul.¹³But as for me, ^awhen they were sick, my ^bclothing was sackcloth;I ^chumbled my soul with fasting,And my ^dprayer kept returning to my bosom.¹⁴I walked about as though it were my friend or brother;I ^abowed down ¹mourning, as one who sorrows for a mother.¹⁵But ^aat my ¹stumbling they were glad and gathered themselves together;The ²^,^bsmiters whom I did not know gathered together against me,They ^ctore at me and never were silent.¹⁶Amongst the godless jesters at a feast,They ^agnashed at me with their teeth.¹⁷Lord, ^ahow long will You look on?Bring back my soul ^bfrom their ravages,My ^conly life from the lions.¹⁸I will ^agive You thanks in the great assembly;I will ^bpraise You among a mighty people.¹⁹^aLet those who are wrongfully ^bmy enemies not be glad over me;Nor let those ^cwho hate me without cause ¹^,^dwink maliciously.²⁰For they do not speak peace,But they devise ^adeceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.²¹They ^aopened their mouth wide against me;They said, “^bAha, aha, our eyes have seen it!”²²^aYou have seen it, O Yahweh, ^bdo not keep silent;O Lord, ^cdo not be far from me.²³^aStir up Yourself, and awake to my justiceAnd to my cause, my God and my Lord.²⁴^aJudge me, O Yahweh my God, according to Your righteousness,And ^bdo not let them be glad over me.²⁵Do not let them say in their heart, “^aAha, our desire!”Do not let them say, “We have ^bswallowed him up!”²⁶Let ^athose be ashamed and humiliated altogether who are glad at the evil done to me;Let those be ^bclothed with shame and dishonor who ^cmagnify themselves over me.²⁷Let them ^ashout for joy and be glad, who delight in ^bmy righteousness;And ^clet them say continually, “Yahweh be magnified,Who ^ddelights in the peace of His slave.”²⁸And ^amy tongue shall utter Your righteousnessAnd Your praise all day long.