Psalms 15

Who Shall Dwell on Your Holy Hill?

A Psalm of David.

1 O Lord, ^awho shall sojourn in your ^btent?
Who shall dwell on your ^choly hill?
2 He who ^dwalks blamelessly and ^edoes what is right
and ^fspeaks truth in his heart;
3who ^gdoes not slander with his tongue
and does no evil to his neighbor,
nor ^htakes up a reproach against his friend;
4 ⁱin whose eyes a vile person is despised,
but who honors those who fear the Lord;
who ^jswears to his own hurt and does not change;
5who ^kdoes not put out his money at interest
and ^ldoes not take a bribe against the innocent.
He who does these things shall never be ^mmoved.

Psalms 33

The Steadfast Love of the Lord

1 ⁿShout for joy in the Lord, O you righteous!
^oPraise befits the upright.
2Give thanks to the Lord with the ^plyre;
make melody to him with ^qthe harp of ^rten strings!
3Sing to him ^sa new song;
play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts.
4 For the word of the Lord is upright,
and all his work is done in ^tfaithfulness.
5He ^uloves righteousness and justice;
^vthe earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord.
6 By ^wthe word of the Lord the heavens were made,
and by ^xthe breath of his mouth all ^ytheir host.
7He gathers the waters of the sea as ^za heap;
he ^aaputs the deeps in storehouses.
8 Let all the earth fear the Lord;
let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him!
9For ^abhe spoke, and it came to be;
he commanded, and it stood firm.
10 The Lord ^acbrings the counsel of the nations to nothing;
he frustrates the plans of the peoples.
11 ^adThe counsel of the Lord stands forever,
the plans of his heart to all generations.
12 ^aeBlessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,
the people whom he has ^afchosen as his heritage!
13 The Lord ^aglooks down from heaven;
he sees all the children of man;
14from ^ahwhere he sits enthroned he ^ailooks out
on all the inhabitants of the earth,
15he who fashions the hearts of them all
and observes all their deeds.
16 ^ajThe king is not saved by his great army;
a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.
17 ^akThe war horse is a false hope for salvation,
and by its great might it cannot rescue.
18 Behold, ^althe eye of the Lord is on those who fear him,
^amon those who hope in his steadfast love,
19that he may ^andeliver their soul from death
and keep them alive in ^aofamine.
20 Our soul ^apwaits for the Lord;
he is our ^aqhelp and ^arour shield.
21For our heart is ^asglad in him,
because we ^attrust in his holy name.
22Let your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us,
even as we hope in you.