Psalm 33
Purpose: To inspire YHWH's people to worship while trusting in his loyal plan.
Content: We remember what YHWH has done in the past. That's why we praise YHWH! That's why we long for YHWH to do the same again!
Message: Don't give up on God! Wait confidently in his plan!
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- 1. Shout for joy in YHWH, righteous people!
- Praise is fitting for upright people.
- 2. Give YHWH praise with a lyre!
- Make a song for him with a ten-string harp!
- 3. Sing a new song to him!
- Play skillfully with a blast!
- 4. Because YHWH's word is upright,
- and all of his work is [done] in faithfulness.
- 5. He loves righteousness and justice;
- the earth is full of YHWH's loyal-love.
- 6. The heavens were made by YHWH's word,
- 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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