1You righteous people should sing joyfully to Yahweh because that is what he deserves.

2Praise Yahweh as you play songs on the lyre/harp. Praise him as you play other instruments that have many strings.

3Sing a new song to him; Play those instruments well, and shout joyfully as you play them!

4Yahweh always does what he says that he will do; we can trust that everything that he does is right.

5He loves everything that we do that is just and right. People all over the earth can know that Yahweh faithfully loves us.

6Yahweh created everything in the sky by commanding it. By what he said [MTY] he created all the stars.

7He gathered all the water into one huge mass like someone scoops liquid into a container.

8Everyone on the earth should revere Yahweh [DOU].

9When he spoke, the world ◄was created/started to exist►. Everything started to exist as a result of him commanding it.

10Yahweh frustrates the things that the pagan nations decide to do. He prevents them from doing the evil things that they plan to do.

11But what Yahweh decides to do will last forever. What he plans to do will never be changed.

12Yahweh blesses those nations who choose him to be their God; He is pleased with those whom he has chosen to receive what he has promised.

13Yahweh looks down from heaven and sees all us people;

14from where he rules [MTY], he looks down on all the people who live on the earth.

15He formed our inner beings, and he sees everything that we do.

16It is not because a king has a great army that he is able to win battles, and it is not because a soldier is very strong that he is able to defeat his enemy.

17It is foolish to trust that because horses are very strong that they will able to win a battle and save their riders.

18Do not forget that Yahweh watches over those who revere him, those who confidently expect him to faithfully love them.

19He saves them [SYN] from dying before they should die and preserves them when there is a famine.

20We trust that Yahweh will help us; he protects us like a shield protects a soldier [MET].

21We rejoice because of what he has done for us; we trust in him because he [MTY] is holy.

22Yahweh, we pray that you will always faithfully love us while we confidently expect you to do great things for us.