Waiting And Hoping In Him

The Rose Garden

(1875)
Carl Aagaard

(1833-1895)
Danish landscape painter

Psalm 33

Rejoice in the Lord, O you uncompromisingly righteous,

you upright in right standing with God;

for praise is becoming and appropriate for those

who are upright in heart.

Give thanks to the Lord with the lyre; sing praises to Him

with the harp of ten strings.

Sing to Him a new song; play skillfully on the strings

with a loud and joyful sound.

For the word of the Lord is right; 

and all His work is done in faithfulness.

He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full

of the loving-kindness of the Lord.

By the word of the Lord were the heavens made,

and all their host by the breath of His mouth.

He gathers the waters of the sea as in a bottle;

He puts the deeps in storage places.

Let all the earth fear the Lord, revere and worship Him;

let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.

For He spoke, and it was done. He commanded and it stood fast.

The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nought;

He makes the thoughts and plans of the people of no effect.

The counsel of the Lord stands forever, the thoughts 

of His heart through all generations.

Blessed, happy, fortunate, to be envied, is the nation

whose God is the Lord, the people He has chosen as His heritage.

The Lord looks from heaven, He beholds all the sons of men;

From His dwelling place He looks intently

 upon all the inhabitants of the earth-

He Who fashions the hearts of them all,

Who considers all their doings.

No king is saved by the great size and power of his army;

a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.

A horse is devoid of value for victory;

neither does he deliver any by his great power.

Behold, the Lord's eye is upon those who fear Him,

who revere and worship Him with awe, who wait for Him

and hope in His mercy and loving-kindness.

To deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine.

Our inner selves wait earnestly for the Lord

He is our Help and our Shield.

For in Him does our heart rejoice, because we have trusted,

relied on and been confident in His holy name.

Let Your mercy and loving-kindness, O Lord, be upon us,

in proportion to our waiting and hoping in You.