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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8 L et all the earth fear Jehovah; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.

9 F or he spoke, and it was; he commanded, and it stood fast.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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