✧Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: [for] praise is comely for the upright. ✧2Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery [and] an instrument of ten strings. ✧3Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise. ✧4For the word of the LORD [is] right; and all his works [are done] in truth. ✧5He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD. ✧6By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. ✧7He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses. ✧8Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him. ✧9For he spake, and it was [done;] he commanded, and it stood fast. ✧10The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect. ✧11The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations. ✧12Blessed [is] the nation whose God [is] the LORD; [and] the people [whom] he hath chosen for his own inheritance. ✧13The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men. ✧14From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth. ✧15He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works. ✧16There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength. ✧17An horse [is] a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver [any] by his great strength. ✧18Behold, the eye of the LORD [is] upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy; ✧19To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine. ✧20Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he [is] our help and our shield. ✧21For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name. ✧22Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.