Joyfully sing to the L ORD, all you righteous; for it is good that the upright give praise. With harp and lyre praise the L ORD and make music; with shouts of joy, a new song to him raise. [Sing to the Lord 33]

2. Righteous and true is the word God has spoken; all the L ORD ’s actions his faithfulness prove. He loves true righteousness, judgment and justice; all earth is full of his unfailing love.

3. By the L ORD ’s word were the heavens created, their starry host by the breath from his lips. All the sea’s waters he gathers together and in his storehouses lays up the deeps.

4. Let all the world fear the L ORD in his greatness; rev’rence his name, all you peoples of earth! For when he spoke, all things came into being; when he commanded, then all things stood forth.

5. Foiled by the L ORD are the plans of the nations; thwarted by him are the people’s designs. But the L ORD ’s purposes stand firm forever; his plans endure through all ages and times.

6. Favoured and blest is the nation he’s chosen, whose God the L ORD is throughout ev’ry age; blest are the people he called to be near him, those whom he chose as his own heritage.

7. From heaven’s height the L ORD looks down and watches; he sees mankind from his own dwelling place. He who has moulded the hearts of all people knows ev’ry deed of the whole human race.

8. No king is saved by the size of his army; no warrior lives by the strength of his hand. Vain is man’s trust in a horse for deliv’rance, nor by its strength can it vict’ry command.

9. But the L ORD ’s eyes are on those who revere him, those who rely on his unfailing love; so that from famine and death he may save them, giving them life by his pow’r from above.

10. We wait in hope for the L ORD, our defender. Our hearts rejoice, for we trust in his name. L ORD, may your unfailing love rest upon us, just as in you our sure hope has been placed. Sing to the Lord 33 Used with permission Text: Sing Psalms, © Psalmody Committee, Free Church of Scotland, 2003, alt. Tune: John P. Harding, 1861