Psalms 33
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Psalm 33
1Joyfully sing to the Lord, you righteous people.
Praising ⌞the Lord⌟ is proper for decent people.
2Give thanks with a lyre to the Lord.
Make music for him on a ten-stringed harp.
3Sing a new song to him.
Play beautifully and joyfully on stringed instruments.
4The Lord’s word is correct,
and everything he does is trustworthy.
5The Lord loves righteousness and justice.
His mercy fills the earth.
6The heavens were made by the Lord’s word
and all the stars by the breath of his mouth.
7He gathers the water in the sea like a dam
and puts the oceans in his storehouses.
8Let all the earth fear the Lord.
Let all who live in the world stand in awe of him.
9He spoke, and it came into being.
He gave the order, and there it stood.
10The Lord blocks the plans of the nations.
He frustrates the schemes of the people of the world.
11The Lord’s plan stands firm forever.
His thoughts stand firm in every generation.
12Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.
Blessed are the people he has chosen as his own.
13The Lord looks down from heaven.
He sees all of Adam’s descendants.
14From the place where he sits enthroned,
he looks down upon all who live on earth.
15The one who formed their hearts
understands everything they do.
16No king achieves a victory with a large army.
No warrior rescues himself by his own great strength.
17Horses are not a guarantee for victory.
Their great strength cannot help someone escape.
18The Lord’s eyes are on those who fear him,
on those who wait with hope for his mercy
19to rescue their souls from death
and keep them alive during a famine.
20We wait for the Lord.
He is our help and our shield.
21In him our hearts find joy.
In his holy name we trust.
22Let your mercy rest on us, O Lord,
since we wait with hope for you.
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Psalms 33
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Praise of God’s Power and Providence
I
1Rejoice, you righteous, in the Lord;
praise from the upright is fitting.#Ps 32:11; 147:1.
2Give thanks to the Lord on the harp;
on the ten-stringed lyre offer praise.#Ps 92:4; 144:9.
3Sing to him a new song;
skillfully play with joyful chant.
4For the Lord’s word is upright;
all his works are trustworthy.
5He loves justice and right.
The earth is full of the mercy of the Lord.#Ps 119:64.
II
6By the Lord’s word the heavens were made;
by the breath of his mouth all their host.#All their host: the stars of the sky are commonly viewed as a vast army, e.g., Neh 9:6; Is 40:26; 45:12; Jer 33:22.#Gn 2:1.
7#The waters…as a mound: ancients sometimes attributed the power keeping the seas from overwhelming land to a primordial victory of the storm-god over personified Sea.He gathered the waters of the sea as a mound;
he sets the deep into storage vaults.#Ps 78:13; Gn 1:9–10; Ex 15:8; Jos 3:16.
III
8Let all the earth fear the Lord;
let all who dwell in the world show him reverence.
9For he spoke, and it came to be,
commanded, and it stood in place.#Ps 148:5; Gn 1:3f; Jdt 16:14.
10The Lord foils the plan of nations,
frustrates the designs of peoples.
11But the plan of the Lord stands forever,
the designs of his heart through all generations.#Prv 19:21; Is 40:8.
12Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,
the people chosen as his inheritance.#Ps 144:15; Ex 19:6; Dt 7:6.
IV
13From heaven the Lord looks down
and observes the children of Adam,#Jb 34:21; Sir 15:19; Jer 16:17; 32:19.
14From his dwelling place he surveys
all who dwell on earth.
15The One who fashioned together their hearts
is the One who knows all their works.
V
16A king is not saved by a great army,
nor a warrior delivered by great strength.
17Useless is the horse for safety;
despite its great strength, it cannot be saved.
18Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon those who fear him,
upon those who count on his mercy,
19To deliver their soul from death,
and to keep them alive through famine.
VI
20Our soul waits for the Lord,
he is our help and shield.#Ps 115:9.
21For in him our hearts rejoice;
in his holy name we trust.
22May your mercy, Lord, be upon us;
as we put our hope in you.
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