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¹ Exult in Yahweh, O you righteous,
for praise is fitting for the upright.
² Give thanks to Yahweh with the lyre;
with a harp of ten strings play to him.
³ Sing to him a new song;
play skillfully with jubilant shout.
⁴ For the word of Yahweh is upright,
and all his work is done in faithfulness.
⁵ He loves righteousness and justice.
The earth is full of the loyal love of Yahweh.
⁶ By the word of Yahweh the heavens were made,
and by the breath of his mouth all their host.
⁷ He gathered the waters of the sea like a heap.
He put the deeps in storehouses.
⁸ Let all the earth fear Yahweh.
Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.
⁹ For he himself spoke^[a] and it came to pass.
He himself commanded^[b] and it stood firm.
¹⁰ Yahweh brings to nothing^[c] the plan of nations;
he frustrates^[d] the intents of peoples.
¹¹ The plan of Yahweh stands firm forever,
the intents of his heart from one generation to the next.^[e]
12 Blessed is the nation whose God is Yahweh,
the people he has chosen for his inheritance.
¹³ From heaven Yahweh looks;
he sees all the children of humankind.
¹⁴ From his dwelling place^[f] he gazes
on all the inhabitants of the earth,
¹⁵ he who fashions altogether their heart,
he who understands all their works.
¹⁶ The king is not saved by the greatness of an army.
The warrior is not delivered by the greatness of strength.
¹⁷ The horse is a false hope for victory,
nor can it save by the greatness of its power.
¹⁸ Behold, the eye of Yahweh is on those who fear him,
on those who hope^[g] for his loyal love
¹⁹ to deliver their soul from death
and to keep them alive in famine.
²⁰ Our soul waits for Yahweh;
he is our help and our shield.
²¹ For in him our heart rejoices
because in his holy name we trust.
²² Let your loyal love, O Yahweh, be upon us,
even as^[h] we hope in you.