Psalm 33 - 35

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Yahweh Is Our Help and Our Shield

Sing for joy in Yahweh, O righteous ones;

Praise is becoming to the upright.

Give thanks to Yahweh with the lyre;

Sing praises to Him with a harp of ten strings.

Sing to Him a new song;

Play skillfully with a loud shout.

For the word of Yahweh is upright,

And all His work is done in faithfulness.

He loves righteousness and justice;

The earth is full of the lovingkindness of Yahweh.

By the word of Yahweh the heavens were made,

And by the breath of His mouth all their host.

He gathers the waters of the sea as a heap;

He lays up the deeps in storehouses.

Let all the earth fear Yahweh;

Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.

For He spoke, and it was;

He commanded, and it stood.

Yahweh nullifies the counsel of the nations;

He frustrates the thoughts of the peoples.

The counsel of Yahweh stands forever,

The thoughts of His heart from generation to generation.

Blessed is the nation whose God is Yahweh,

The people whom He has chosen for His own inheritance.

Yahweh looks from heaven;

He sees all the sons of men;

From the place of His habitation He gazes

On all the inhabitants of the earth,

He who forms the hearts of them all,

He who understands all their works.

The king is not saved by a mighty army;

A warrior is not delivered by great strength.

A horse is a false hope for salvation;

Nor does it provide escape to anyone by its great strength.

Behold, the eye of Yahweh is on those who fear Him,

On those who wait for His lovingkindness,

To deliver their soul from death

And to keep them alive in famine.

Our soul is patient for Yahweh;

He is our help and our shield.

For our heart is glad in Him,

Because we trust in His holy name.

Let Your lovingkindness, O Yahweh, be upon us,

As we wait for You.

Taste and See That Yahweh Is Good

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

א Aleph

I will bless Yahweh at all times;

His praise shall continually be in my mouth.

ב Beth

My soul will make its boast in Yahweh;

The humble will hear it and rejoice.

ג Gimel

O magnify Yahweh with me,

And let us exalt His name together.

ד Daleth

I inquired of Yahweh, and He answered me,

And delivered me from all that I dread.

ה He - ו Vav

They looked to Him and were radiant,

And their faces will never be humiliated.

ז Zayin

This poor man called out, and Yahweh heard him

And saved him out of all his troubles.

ח Heth

The angel of Yahweh encamps around those who fear Him,

And rescues them.

ט Teth

O taste and see that Yahweh is good;

How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!

י Yodh

Oh, fear Yahweh, you His saints;

For there is no want to those who fear Him.

כ Kaph

The young lions do lack and suffer hunger;

But they who inquire of Yahweh shall not be in want of any good thing.

ל Lamedh

Come, you children, listen to me;

I will teach you the fear of Yahweh.

מ Mem

Who is the man who delights in life

And loves many days that he may see good?

נ Nun

Guard your tongue from evil

And your lips from speaking deceit.

ס Samekh

Depart from evil and do good;

Seek peace and pursue it.

ע Ayin

The eyes of Yahweh are toward the righteous

And His ears are open to their cry for help.

פ Pe

The face of Yahweh is against evildoers,

To cut off the memory of them from the earth.

צ Tsadhe

The righteous cry, and Yahweh hears

And delivers them out of all their troubles.

ק Qoph

Yahweh is near to the brokenhearted

And saves those who are crushed in spirit.

ר Resh

Many are the evils against the righteous,

But Yahweh delivers him out of them all.

שׁ Shin

He keeps all his bones,

Not one of them is broken.

ת Tav

Evil shall slay the wicked,

And those who hate the righteous will be condemned.

Yahweh redeems the soul of His slaves,

And all those who take refuge in Him will not be condemned.

Yahweh Be Magnified

Of David.

Contend, O Yahweh, with those who contend with me;

Fight against those who fight against me.

Take hold of shield and large shield

And rise up for my help.

Draw also the spear and the battle‑axe to meet those who pursue me;

Say to my soul, “I am your salvation.”

Let those be ashamed and dishonored who seek my life;

Let those who devise evil against me be turned back and humiliated.

Let them be like chaff before the wind,

With the angel of Yahweh driving them on.

Let their way be dark and slippery,

With the angel of Yahweh pursuing them.

For without cause they hid their net for me;

Without cause they dug a pit for my soul.

Let destruction, which he does not know, come upon him,

And let the net, which he hid, catch him;

Let him fall into it in destruction.

And my soul shall rejoice in Yahweh;

It shall be joyful in His salvation.

All my bones will say, “Yahweh, who is like You,

Who delivers the afflicted from him who is too strong for him,

And the afflicted and the needy from him who robs him?”

Malicious witnesses rise up,

Who ask me of things that I do not know.

They repay me evil for good,

It is bereavement to my soul.

But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth;

I humbled my soul with fasting,

And my prayer kept returning to my bosom.

I walked about as though it were my friend or brother;

I bowed down mourning, as one who sorrows for a mother.

But at my stumbling they were glad and gathered themselves together;

The smiters whom I did not know gathered together against me,

They tore at me and never were silent.

Amongst the godless jesters at a feast,

They gnashed at me with their teeth.

Lord, how long will You look on?

Bring back my soul from their ravages,

My only life from the lions.

I will give You thanks in the great assembly;

I will praise You among a mighty people.

Let those who are wrongfully my enemies not be glad over me;

Nor let those who hate me without cause wink maliciously.

For they do not speak peace,

But they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.

They opened their mouth wide against me;

They said, “Aha, aha, our eyes have seen it!”

You have seen it, O Yahweh, do not keep silent;

O Lord, do not be far from me.

Stir up Yourself, and awake to my justice

And to my cause, my God and my Lord.

Judge me, O Yahweh my God, according to Your righteousness,

And do not let them be glad over me.

Do not let them say in their heart, “Aha, our desire!”

Do not let them say, “We have swallowed him up!”

Let those be ashamed and humiliated altogether who are glad at the evil done to me;

Let those be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves over me.

Let them shout for joy and be glad, who delight in my righteousness;

And let them say continually, “Yahweh be magnified,

Who delights in the peace of His slave.”

And my tongue shall utter Your righteousness

And Your praise all day long.

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