Psalm 33:1-22
33 Cry out joyfully, O YOU righteous ones, because of Jehovah.+On the part of the upright ones praise is fitting.+
2 Give thanks to Jehovah on the harp;+On an instrument of ten strings+ make melody to him.
3 Sing to him a new song;+Do YOUR best at playing on the strings along with joyful shouting.+
4 For the word of Jehovah is upright,+And all his work is in faithfulness.+
5 He is a lover of righteousness and justice.+With the loving-kindness of Jehovah the earth is filled.+
6 By the word of Jehovah the heavens themselves were made,+And by the spirit* of his mouth all their army.+
7 He is gathering as by a dam* the waters of the sea,+Putting in storehouses the surging waters.*
8 Let all [those of] the earth* be in fear of Jehovah.+At him let all the inhabitants of the productive land* be frightened.+
9 For he himself said, and it came to be;+He himself commanded, and it proceeded to stand so.+
10 Jehovah himself has broken up the counsel of the nations;+He has thwarted the thoughts of the peoples.+
11 To time indefinite the very counsel of Jehovah will stand;+The thoughts of his heart are to one generation after another generation.+
12 Happy is the nation whose God* is Jehovah,+The people whom he has chosen as his inheritance.+
13 From the heavens Jehovah has looked,+He has seen all the sons of men.*+
14 From the established place where he dwells*+He has gazed at all those dwelling on the earth.
15 He is forming their hearts all together;*+He is considering all their works.+
16 There is no king saved by the abundance of military forces;+A mighty man himself is not delivered by the abundance of power.+
17 The horse is a deception for salvation,+And by the abundance of its vital energy it does not afford escape.+
18 Look! The eye of Jehovah is toward those fearing him,+To those waiting for his loving-kindness,+
19 To deliver their soul from death itself,+And to preserve them alive in famine.+
20 Our very soul has been in expectation of Jehovah.+Our helper and our shield he is.+
21 For in him our heart rejoices;+For in his holy name we have put our trust.+
22 Let your loving-kindness, O Jehovah, prove to be upon us,+Even as we have kept waiting for you.+
Footnotes
^ Or, “and by the breath.” Heb., u·veruʹach; Gr., pneuʹma·ti; Lat., spiʹri·tu. See Ge 6:17 ftn, “Active.”
^ “The surging waters.” Heb., tehoh·mohthʹ, pl. of tehohmʹ; LXXVg, “abysses.” See Ge 1:2 and ftn, “Deep.”
^ “Skin bottles,” in agreement with LXXSyVg.
^ “The productive land.” Heb., the·velʹ; LXX, “the inhabited earth”; Lat., orʹbem, “circle,” that is, of the earth.
^ “Whose God.” Heb., ʼElo·havʹ.
^ Or, “mankind.” Heb., ha·ʼa·dhamʹ.
^ Lit., “place of his dwelling.”
^ Or, “at one (the same) time.”
