1-3. Good people, cheer God!Right-living people sound best when praising.Use guitars to reinforce your Hallelujahs!Play his praise on a grand piano!Invent your own new song to him;give him a trumpet fanfare.
10-12. God takes the wind out of Babel pretense,he shoots down the world’s power-schemes.God’s plan for the world stands up,all his designs are made to last.Blessed is the country with God for God;blessed are the people he’s put in his will.
13-15. From high in the skies God looks around,he sees all Adam’s brood.From where he sitshe overlooks all us earth-dwellers.He has shaped each person in turn;now he watches everything we do.