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33 ‎[1] **Rejoice in the Lord, righteous ones; it is comely for the upright to offer praise. **
‎[2] **Give thanks to the Lord with the lyre; sing praises to Him with a ten-stringed harp.**
‎[3] **Sing Him a new song. **It is a greater tribute to God to sing new songs and praises than it is to repeat tributes that have been sung before. **Play beautifully with loud sound.** The word *terua*, translated as “loud sound,” usually refers to music made with a trumpet or horn.
‎[4] And this is the song they should sing: **For the word of the Lord is upright, all His deeds faithfully wrought. **God’s deeds are characterized as “upright” and “faithful,” and these are also attributes He seeks in the world.
‎[5] **He loves righteousness and justice; the Lord’s kindness fills the world. **The entire world is an expression of God’s beneficence and generosity. From this we can learn that God values these qualities in us as well.
‎[6] **By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; by the breath of His mouth, all their hosts. **
‎[7] **He heaps together the waters of the sea, storing in vaults the waters of the deep. **God has designated special places for the concentrations of water found beneath the earth.
‎[8] **Let the entire world be in awe of the Lord; let all earth’s inhabitants fear Him **as they contemplate His immense power in creation.** **
‎[9] **For He spoke and it was done. **The world’s creation was accomplished through God’s mere utterance.** He commanded, and it, **referring to everything created in the world,** took form. **
‎[10] God’s power manifests itself in creation in general, but particularly in His interaction with humanity: **The Lord overturns the counsel of nations, annuls the schemes of peoples. **
‎[11] In contrast to the futility of man’s grand designs:* ***The Lord’s counsel endures forever; the plans of His heart **remain **for all generations. **
‎[12] But God not only created the world; He also chose a particular people to be His: **Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom He chose as His possession. **
‎[13] **The Lord looks from heaven; He sees all mankind. **
‎[14] **From His dwelling place **in the heavens,** He observes all the inhabitants of the earth, **
‎[15] **He who fashions all their hearts, **and **who** consequently **understands all their deeds. **
‎[16] Since God observes and controls everything, it follows that all outcomes are determined by Him:* ***The king is not saved by **the fact that he has **a mighty army **at his disposal, and** the warrior **is** not rescued by **virtue of his **great strength. **
‎[17] In ancient times, armies relied on horses and chariots both for defense and for attack. But** a horse is false hope for victory **if God does not will it, and** even in its great power, it cannot offer escape. **
‎[18] If not on horses and chariots, on what can one rely?* ***Truly, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear Him, on those who await His kindness **
‎[19] **to deliver them from death **in battle,** to sustain them in famine. **
‎[20] **Our soul longs for the Lord; He is our help and our shield. **
‎[21] **For our heart rejoices in Him, for we trust in His holy name **that He will come to our aid.
‎[22] The psalm ends with a request:* ***Let Your kindness, Lord, be upon us, as we have put our hope in You. **
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