Psalm 33

Psalm 33:1 Give a ringing cry, you righteous ones in Yahveh; praise from the upright is beautiful.

Psalm 33:2 Praise Yahveh with the lyre; make music to him with a ten-stringed harp.

Psalm 33:3 Sing a new song to him; play skillfully on the strings, with a joyful shout.

Psalm 33:4 Because the word of Yahveh is correct, and all his work is done with reliability.[1]

Psalm 33:5 He loves righteousness and justice; the land is full of Yahveh’s covenant faithfulness.

Psalm 33:6 The skies were made by the word of Yahveh, and all the stars, by the breath of his mouth.

Psalm 33:7 He gathers the water of the sea into a heap; he puts the depths into storehouses.

Psalm 33:8 Let the whole land fear Yahveh; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him

Psalm 33:9 because he spoke, and it came into being; he commanded, and it came into existence.

Psalm 33:10 Yahveh frustrates the advice of the nations; he thwarts the plans of the peoples.

Psalm 33:11 The advice of Yahveh stands permanently, the plans of his heart from generation to generation.

Psalm 33:12 Fortunate is the nation whose God is Yahveh – the people he has chosen to be his own possession!

Psalm 33:13 Yahveh looks down from the sky; he sees all children of Adam.

Psalm 33:14 He looks in on[2] all the inhabitants of the land from his dwelling place.

Psalm 33:15 He forms the hearts of them all; he perceives all their works.

Psalm 33:16 A king is not saved by a large army; a warrior will not be rescued by great strength.

Psalm 33:17 The horse is a false hope for safety; it provides no escape by its great power.

Psalm 33:18 But notice, Yahveh keeps his eye on those who fear him– those who depend on his covenant faithfulness

Psalm 33:19 to rescue their throat from death and to keep them alive during famine.

Psalm 33:20 Our throat waits for Yahveh; he is our help and shield.

Psalm 33:21 Our hearts are happy in him because we trust in his holy name.

Psalm 33:22 May your covenant faithfulness rest on us, Yahveh, because we put our hope in you.

[1]אֱמוּנָה = reliability. Psalm 33:4; 36:5; 37:3; 40:10; 88:11; 89:1, 2, 5, 8, 24, 33, 49; 92:2; 96:13; 98:3; 100:5; 119:30, 75, 86, 90, 138; 143:1.

[2]שָׁגַח = look in on.

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