Psalms 33:13-21

¹³The Lord looks down from heaven, he sees all of humanity;

¹⁴from where he rules he gazes on all who inhabit the earth.

¹⁵He fashions the hearts of them all, and gives heed to all that they do.

¹⁶It is not by great armies that kings are victorious, it is not by great strength that a warrior saves himself;

¹⁷false hope is the war-horse to usher in victory, for all its great might it can provide no escape.

¹⁸See! The eye of the Lord is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his kindness;

¹⁹to deliver their life from death, and to keep them alive in famine.

²⁰We wait for the Lord: he is our help and our shield.

²¹For in him our heart is glad, we trust in his holy name.