Of David. A maskil. Blessed are those forgiven of transgression, whose sin is covered.1Blessed is the man to whom the LORD does not reckon iniquity and in whose spirit there is no deceit.2For when I kept silent, my bones wore out in my roaring all day long.3For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my bones wasted away while I groaned. Selah.4For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; I was turned into the drought of summer. Selah.5At this time the righteous will pray to you when they find you; only to a flood of many waters they will not reach him.6You are a hiding place for me from distress; you will preserve me. With the joyful shout of deliverance you will surround me. Selah.7You are my hiding place. You will enclose me in distress. You will surround me with shouts of deliverance. Selah.8I will make you wise and shine on you. In this way you will go. I will counsel you, my eye upon you. Do not be like a horse or a mule, without understanding; whose bit and bridle restrain it, lest they come near you.9Many pains come to the wicked, but the one who trusts in the LORD, lovingkindness will surround him.10Rejoice in the LORD and exult, righteous ones, and shout for joy, all you upright in heart.
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Chapter 33
1Rejoice, righteous ones, in the LORD; to the upright, praise is fitting.2Give thanks to the LORD with a lyre, with a harp, with a ten-stringed instrument; sing to him.3Sing to him a new song; make good music with the trumpet blast.4For the word of the LORD is upright, and all his workmanship is in faithfulness.5He loves righteousness and justice; the steadfast love of the LORD fills the earth.6By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and by the spirit of his mouth all their host.7He gathered the waters of the sea like a heap; he put them in treasuries of the primordial deep.8Let all the earth fear the LORD; let all the inhabitants of the earth fear him.9For he said, and it was; he commanded, and it stood.10The LORD frustrates the counsel of nations; he annuls the plans of peoples.11The counsel of the LORD stands forever; the thoughts of his heart to all generations.12Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people he chose for his inheritance.13From heaven the LORD looks down; he sees all the sons of humanity.14From the place of his dwelling he looks upon all the inhabitants of the earth.15he who fashions their hearts together, understanding all their deeds.16There is no king saved by much might; a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.17A lie is the horse for salvation, and by the abundance of his might he will not escape.18Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear him, on those who hope for his steadfast love.19to deliver their soul from death and to keep them alive in famine.20Our soul waits for the LORD; he is our helper and our shield.21For our heart rejoices in him, for we have trusted in his holy name.22May your steadfast love, O LORD, be upon us, just as we have hoped in you.