1 The Psalm of David. Rejoice ye just in our Lord; praising becometh the righteous.
1 A psalm for David. Rejoice in the Lord, O ye just: praise becometh the upright.
2 Confess ye to our Lord on the harp: on a psalter of ten strings sing to him.
2 Give praise to the Lord on the harp; sing to him with the psaltery, the instrument of ten strings.
3 Sing ye to him a new song: sing well to him in jubilation.
3 Sing to him a new canticle, sing well unto him with a loud noise.
4 Because the word of our Lord is right, and all his works are in faith.
4 For the word of the Lord is right, and all his works are done with faithfulness.
5 He loveth mercy and judgment: the earth is full of the mercy of our Lord.
5 He loveth mercy and judgment; the earth is full of the mercy of the Lord.
6 By the word of our Lord the heavens are established: and by the spirit of his mouth all the power of them,
6 By the word of the Lord the heavens were established; and all the power of them by the spirit of his mouth:
7 Gathering together the waters of the sea, as it were in a bottle: putting the depths in treasures.
7 Gathering together the waters of the sea, as in a vessel; laying up the depths in storehouses.
8 Let all the earth fear our Lord: and let all the inhabitants of the world be moved at him.
8 Let all the earth fear the Lord, and let all the inhabitants of the world be in awe of him.
9 Because he said, and they were made: he commanded and they were created,
9 ¹For he spoke and they were made: he commanded and they were created.
10 Our Lord dissipateth the counsels of nations: and he reproveth the cogitations of people, and he reproveth the counsels of princes.
10 The Lord bringeth to nought the counsels of nations; and he rejecteth the devices of people, and casteth away the counsels of princes.
11 But the counsel of our Lord abideth for ever, the cogitations of his heart in generation and generation.
11 But the counsel of the Lord standeth forever: the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
12 Blessed is the nation, whose God is our Lord: the people whom he hath chosen for his inheritance.
12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord: the people whom he hath chosen for his inheritance.
13 Our Lord hath looked from heaven: he hath seen all the children of men.
13 The Lord hath looked from heaven: he hath beheld all the sons of men.
14 From his prepared habitation he hath looked upon all that inhabit the earth
14 From his habitation which he hath prepared, he hath looked upon all that dwell on the earth.
15 Who made their hearts severally: who understandeth all their works.
15 He who hath made the hearts of everyone of them: who understandeth all their works.
16 The king is not saved by much power: and the giant shall not be saved in the multitude of his strength.
16 The king is not saved by a great army: nor shall the giant be saved by his own great strength.
17 The horse faileth to safety, and in the aboundance of his force he shall not be saved.
17 Vain is the horse for safety: neither shall he be saved by the abundance of his strength.
18 Behold the eyes of our Lord be upon them that fear him: and on them, that hope upon his mercy.
18 Behold the eyes of the Lord are on them that fear him: and on them that hope in his mercy.
19 That he may deliver their souls from death: and nourish them in famine.
19 To deliver their souls from death; and feed them in famine.
20 Our soul expecteth our Lord: because he is our helper and protector.
20 Our soul waiteth for the Lord: for he is our helper and protector.
21 Because in him our heart shall rejoice: and we have trusted in his holy name.
21 For in him our heart shall rejoice: and in his holy name we have trusted.
22 Let thy mercy, o Lord, be made upon us, as we have hoped in thee.
22 Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, as we have hoped in thee.