Old Testament

Psalms 33

Praise, Providence, and Trust

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Overview

Psalm 33 summons the righteous to joyful, instrumental praise of the God whose Word effortlessly called creation into being, whose righteousness and steadfast love permeate the earth, whose counsel outlasts every human scheme, whose all-seeing eye rests with providential care on those who fear him, and in whom — not in armies or earthly power — the covenant people place their waiting, rejoicing trust.

Passages

1–3A New Song for the Righteous 4–5The Word That Is Right, the Love That Is Just 6–9Creation by the Divine Word 10–12God's Counsel Prevails Over the Nations 13–15God's All-Seeing Providence 16–19The Vanity of Human Power and the Safety of Divine Fear 20–22Waiting, Rejoicing, and Resting in God's Mercy

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Psalms 33

¹Rejoice in Yahweh, you righteous! Praise is fitting for the upright.

²Give thanks to Yahweh with the lyre. Sing praises to him with the harp of ten strings.

³Sing to him a new song. Play skillfully with a shout of joy!

⁴For Yahweh’s word is right. All his work is done in faithfulness.

⁵He loves righteousness and justice. The earth is full of the loving kindness of Yahweh.

⁶By Yahweh’s word, the heavens were made: all their army by the breath of his mouth.

⁷He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap. He lays up the deeps in storehouses.

⁸Let all the earth fear Yahweh. Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.

⁹For he spoke, and it was done. He commanded, and it stood firm.

¹⁰Yahweh brings the counsel of the nations to nothing. He makes the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.

¹¹The counsel of Yahweh stands fast forever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

¹²Blessed is the nation whose God is Yahweh, the people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance.

¹³Yahweh looks from heaven. He sees all the sons of men.

¹⁴From the place of his habitation he looks out on all the inhabitants of the earth,

¹⁵he who fashions all of their hearts; and he considers all of their works.

¹⁶There is no king saved by the multitude of an army. A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.

¹⁷A horse is a vain thing for safety, neither does he deliver any by his great power.

¹⁸Behold, Yahweh’s eye is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his loving kindness,

¹⁹to deliver their soul from death, to keep them alive in famine.

²⁰Our soul has waited for Yahweh. He is our help and our shield.

²¹For our heart rejoices in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.

²²Let your loving kindness be on us, Yahweh, since we have hoped in you.

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