1Shout for joy in the Lord, O you righteous! Praise befits the upright. (مز 32:11; مز 147:1)2Give thanks to the Lord with the lyre; make melody to him with the harp of ten strings! (مز 71:22; مز 144:9)3Sing to him a new song; play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts. (مز 40:3; مز 96:1; إش 42:10)4For the word of the Lord is upright, and all his work is done in faithfulness. (مز 119:75)5He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord. (مز 11:7; مز 36:5; مز 45:7; مز 89:14; مز 119:64)6By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and by the breath of his mouth all their host. (تك 1:6; تك 2:1; أي 26:13; إش 11:4; يو 1:3; عب 11:3; 2بط 3:5)7He gathers the waters of the sea as a heap; he puts the deeps in storehouses. (خر 15:8; يش 3:13; يش 3:16; أي 38:8; مز 78:13)8Let all the earth fear the Lord; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him!9For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm. (تك 1:3; مز 147:15; مز 147:18; مز 148:5)10The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; he frustrates the plans of the peoples. (2صم 15:34; 2صم 17:14; نح 4:15; أي 5:12; إش 8:10; إش 19:3; لو 1:51)11The counsel of the Lord stands forever, the plans of his heart to all generations. (أم 19:21; إش 46:10)12Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom he has chosen as his heritage! (خر 19:5; تث 7:6; تث 33:29; مز 65:4; مز 144:15)13The Lord looks down from heaven; he sees all the children of man; (أي 28:24; مز 11:4)14from where he sits enthroned he looks out on all the inhabitants of the earth, (1مل 8:39; 1مل 8:43; 1مل 8:49; أم 15:3; إر 32:19)15he who fashions the hearts of them all and observes all their deeds.16The king is not saved by his great army; a warrior is not delivered by his great strength. (مز 44:6)17The war horse is a false hope for salvation, and by its great might it cannot rescue. (مز 20:7; مز 147:10; أم 21:31; هو 1:7)18Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his steadfast love, (أي 36:7; مز 34:15; مز 147:11; 1بط 3:12)19that he may deliver their soul from death and keep them alive in famine. (أي 5:20; مز 37:19; أع 12:11)20Our soul waits for the Lord; he is our help and our shield. (مز 3:3; مز 62:1; مز 62:5; مز 115:9; مز 130:6; إش 8:17)21For our heart is glad in him, because we trust in his holy name. (مز 9:14; مز 11:1; زك 10:7)22Let your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us, even as we hope in you.