Psalm 33/Text/Clauses
From Psalms: Layer by Layer
| Hebrew | Verse | English |
|---|---|---|
| רַנְּנ֣וּ צַ֭דִּיקִים בַּֽיהוָ֑ה | 1.1 | Shout for joy in YHWH, righteous people! |
| לַ֝יְשָׁרִ֗ים נָאוָ֥ה תְהִלָּֽה׃ | 1.2 | Praise is fitting for upright people. |
| הוֹד֣וּ לַיהוָ֣ה בְּכִנּ֑וֹר | 2.1 | Give YHWH praise with a lyre! |
| בְּנֵ֥בֶל עָ֝שׂ֗וֹר זַמְּרוּ־לֽוֹ׃ | 2.2 | Make a song for him with a ten-string harp! |
| שִֽׁירוּ־ל֭וֹ שִׁ֣יר חָדָ֑שׁ | 3.1 | Sing a new song to him! |
| הֵיטִ֥יבוּ נַ֝גֵּ֗ן בִּתְרוּעָֽה׃ | 3.2 | Play skillfully with a blast! |
| כִּֽי־יָשָׁ֥ר דְּבַר־יְהוָ֑ה | 4.1 | Because YHWH’s word is upright, |
| וְכָל־מַ֝עֲשֵׂ֗הוּ בֶּאֱמוּנָֽה׃ | 4.2 | and all of his work is [done] in faithfulness. |
| אֹ֭הֵב צְדָקָ֣ה וּמִשְׁפָּ֑ט | 5.1 | He loves righteousness and justice; |
| חֶ֥סֶד יְ֝הוָ֗ה מָלְאָ֥ה הָאָֽרֶץ׃ | 5.2 | the earth is full of YHWH’s loyal-love. |
| בִּדְבַ֣ר יְ֭הוָה שָׁמַ֣יִם נַעֲשׂ֑וּ | 6.1 | The heavens were made by YHWH’s word, |
| וּבְר֥וּחַ פִּ֝֗יו כָּל־צְבָאָֽם׃ | 6.2 | and all their hosts [were made] by the breath of his mouth. |
| כֹּנֵ֣ס כַּ֭נֵּד מֵ֣י הַיָּ֑ם | 7.1 | He is the one who gathers the sea water as a heap! |
| נֹתֵ֖ן בְּאֹצָר֣וֹת תְּהוֹמֽוֹת׃ | 7.2 | He is the one who places the deep oceans into storehouses! |
| יִֽירְא֣וּ מֵ֭יְהוָה כָּל־הָאָ֑רֶץ | 8.1 | All the earth should be afraid of YHWH! |
| מִמֶּ֥נּוּ יָ֝ג֗וּרוּ כָּל־יֹשְׁבֵ֥י תֵבֵֽל׃ | 8.2 | All the dwellers of the inhabited world should be in dread because of him! |
| כִּ֤י ה֣וּא אָמַ֣ר | 9.1 | For he spoke, |
| וַיֶּ֑הִי | 9.2 | and it was; |
| הֽוּא־צִ֝וָּ֗ה | 9.3 | he commanded, |
| וַֽיַּעֲמֹֽד׃ | 9.4 | and it came about. |
| יְֽהוָ֗ה הֵפִ֥יר עֲצַת־גּוֹיִ֑ם | 10.1 | YHWH has thwarted the nations’ plan; |
| הֵ֝נִ֗יא מַחְשְׁב֥וֹת עַמִּֽים׃ | 10.2 | he has blocked the peoples’ intentions. |
| עֲצַ֣ת יְ֭הוָה לְעוֹלָ֣ם תַּעֲמֹ֑ד | 11.1 | YHWH’s plan stands forever; |
| מַחְשְׁב֥וֹת לִ֝בּ֗וֹ לְדֹ֣ר וָדֹֽר׃ | 11.2 | the intentions of his heart [stand] forever and ever. |
| אַשְׁרֵ֣י הַ֭גּוֹי | 12.1 | Happy is the nation |
| אֲשֶׁר־יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהָ֑יו | 12.2 | whose god is YHWH, |
| הָעָ֓ם ׀ | 12.3 | [happy are] the people |
| בָּחַ֖ר לְנַחֲלָ֣ה לֽוֹ׃ | 12.4 | [whom YHWH] chose as a permanent possession for himself. |
| מִ֭שָּׁמַיִם הִבִּ֣יט יְהוָ֑ה | 13.1 | YHWH looked from heaven: |
| רָ֝אָ֗ה אֶֽת־כָּל־בְּנֵ֥י הָאָדָֽם׃ | 13.2 | he saw all of humanity, |
| מִֽמְּכוֹן־שִׁבְתּ֥וֹ הִשְׁגִּ֑יחַ אֶ֖ל כָּל־יֹשְׁבֵ֣י הָאָֽרֶץ׃ | 14.1 | he gazed from his dwelling place, at all the dwellers of the earth, |
| הַיֹּצֵ֣ר יַ֣חַד לִבָּ֑ם | 15.1 | the one who forms all their hearts, |
| הַ֝מֵּבִ֗ין אֶל־כָּל־מַעֲשֵׂיהֶֽם׃ | 15.2 | the one who discerns all their works. |
| אֵֽין־הַ֭מֶּלֶךְ נוֹשָׁ֣ע בְּרָב־חָ֑יִל | 16.1 | A king is not saved by a great force; |
| גִּ֝בּ֗וֹר לֹֽא־יִנָּצֵ֥ל בְּרָב־כֹּֽחַ׃ | 16.2 | a warrior is not delivered by great might. |
| שֶׁ֣קֶר הַ֭סּוּס לִתְשׁוּעָ֑ה | 17.1 | A horse is a deceptive means for victory, |
| וּבְרֹ֥ב חֵ֝יל֗וֹ לֹ֣א יְמַלֵּֽט׃ | 17.2 | and it will not rescue by its great force. |
| הִנֵּ֤ה עֵ֣ין יְ֭הוָה אֶל־יְרֵאָ֑יו לַֽמְיַחֲלִ֥ים לְחַסְדּֽוֹ׃ | 18.1 | Consider: YHWH’s eye is upon those who fear him; upon those who wait for his loyal-love, |
| לְהַצִּ֣יל מִמָּ֣וֶת נַפְשָׁ֑ם | 19.1 | to deliver their lives from death, |
| וּ֝לְחַיּוֹתָ֗ם בָּרָעָֽב׃ | 19.2 | and to keep them alive during famine. |
| נַ֭פְשֵׁנוּ חִכְּתָ֣ה לַֽיהוָ֑ה | 20.1 | We ourselves wait longingly for YHWH |
| עֶזְרֵ֖נוּ וּמָגִנֵּ֣נוּ הֽוּא׃ | 20.2 | –he is our help and our shield– |
| כִּי־ב֭וֹ יִשְׂמַ֣ח לִבֵּ֑נוּ | 21.1 | because our hearts rejoice in him; |
| כִּ֤י בְשֵׁ֖ם קָדְשׁ֣וֹ בָטָֽחְנוּ׃ | 21.2 | because we have come to trust in his holy name. |
| יְהִֽי־חַסְדְּךָ֣ יְהוָ֣ה עָלֵ֑ינוּ | 22.1 | YHWH, may your loyal-love be upon us, |
| כַּ֝אֲשֶׁ֗ר יִחַ֥לְנוּ לָֽךְ׃ | 22.2 | just as we have been waiting for you! |