Psalms 32

¹The Psalm of David. Rejoice ye just in our Lord; praising becometh the righteous.

²Confess ye to our Lord on the harp: on a psalter of ten strings sing to him.

³Sing ye to him a new song: sing well to him in jubilation.

⁴Because the word of our Lord is right, and all his works are in faith.

⁵He loveth mercy and judgment: the earth is full of the mercy of our Lord.

⁶By the word of our Lord the heavens are established: and by the spirit of his mouth all the power of them,

⁷Gathering together the waters of the sea, as it were in a bottle: putting the depths in treasures.

⁸Let all the earth fear our Lord: and let all the inhabitants of the world be moved at him.

⁹Because he said, and they were made: he commanded and they were created,

¹⁰Our Lord dissipateth the counsels of nations: and he reproveth the cogitations of people, and he reproveth the counsels of princes.

¹¹But the counsel of our Lord abideth for ever, the cogitations of his heart in generation and generation.

¹²Blessed is the nation, whose God is our Lord: the people whom he hath chosen for his inheritance.

¹³Our Lord hath looked from heaven: he hath seen all the children of men.

¹⁴From his prepared habitation he hath looked upon all that inhabit the earth

¹⁵Who made their hearts severally: who understandeth all their works.

¹⁶The king is not saved by much power: and the giant shall not be saved in the multitude of his strength.

¹⁷The horse faileth to safety, and in the aboundance of his force he shall not be saved.

¹⁸Behold the eyes of our Lord be upon them that fear him: and on them, that hope upon his mercy.

¹⁹That he may deliver their souls from death: and nourish them in famine.

²⁰Our soul expecteth our Lord: because he is our helper and protector.

²¹Because in him our heart shall rejoice: and we have trusted in his holy name.

²²Let thy mercy, o Lord, be made upon us, as we have hoped in thee.