Yahweh Is Our Help and Our Shield
aSing for joy in Yahweh, O righteous ones;
Praise is bbecoming to the upright.
2 Give thanks to Yahweh with the alyre;
Sing praises to Him with a bharp of ten strings.
3 Sing to Him a anew song;
Play skillfully with ba loud shout.
4 For the word of Yahweh ais upright,
And all His work is done bin faithfulness.
5 He aloves righteousness and justice;
The bearth is full of the lovingkindness of Yahweh.
6 By the aword of Yahweh the heavens were made,
And bby the breath of His mouth call their host.
7 He gathers the awaters of the sea as a heap;
He lays up the deeps in storehouses.
8 Let aall the earth fear Yahweh;
Let all the inhabitants of the world bstand in awe of Him.
9 For aHe spoke, and it was;
He commanded, and it stood.
10 Yahweh anullifies the counsel of the nations;
He frustrates the thoughts of the peoples.
11 The acounsel of Yahweh stands forever,
The bthoughts of His heart from generation to generation.
12 Blessed is the anation whose God is Yahweh,
The people whom He has bchosen for His own inheritance.
13 Yahweh alooks from heaven;
He bsees all the sons of men;
14 From athe place of His habitation He gazes
On all the inhabitants of the earth,
15 He who aforms the 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.
17 A ahorse is a false hope for salvation;
Nor does it provide escape to anyone by its great strength.
18 Behold, athe eye of Yahweh is on those who fear Him,
On those who bwait for His lovingkindness,
19 To adeliver their soul from death
And to keep them alive bin famine.
20 Our soul ais patient for Yahweh;
He is our bhelp and our shield.
21 For our aheart is glad in Him,
Because we trust in His holy name.
22 Let Your lovingkindness, O Yahweh, be upon us,
As we wait for You.