and all their hosts [were made] by the breath of his mouth.
7. He is the one who gathers the sea water as a heap!
He is the one who places the deep oceans into storehouses!
8. All the earth should be afraid of YHWH!
All the dwellers of the inhabited world should be in dread because of him!
9. For he spoke, and it was;
he commanded, and it came about.
10. YHWH has thwarted the nations' plan;
he has blocked the peoples' intentions.
11. YHWH's plan stands forever;
the intentions of his heart [stand] forever and ever.
12. Happy is the nation whose god is YHWH,
[happy are] the people [whom YHWH] chose as a permanent possession for himself.
13. YHWH looked from heaven:
he saw all of humanity,
14. he gazed from his dwelling place
at all the dwellers of the earth,
15. the one who forms all their hearts,
the one who discerns all their works.
16. A king is not saved by a great force;
a warrior is not delivered by great might.
17. A horse is a deceptive means for victory,
and it will not rescue by its great force.
18. Consider: YHWH's eye is upon those who fear him;
upon those who wait for his loyal-love,
19. to deliver their lives from death,
and to keep them alive during famine.
20. We ourselves wait longingly for YHWH;
–he is our help and our shield–
21. because our hearts rejoice in him;
because we have come to trust in his holy name.
22. YHWH, may your loyal-love be upon us,
just as we have been waiting for you!
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