Psalms 33
1 You righteous people should sing joyfully to Yahweh because that is what he deserves.
Rejoice in the LORD, O righteous ones; it is fitting for the upright to praise Him.
2 Praise Yahweh as you play songs on the lyre/harp. Praise him as you play [other] instruments that have many strings.
Praise the LORD with the harp; make music to Him with ten strings.
3 Sing a new song to him; Play those instruments well, and shout joyfully as you play them!
Sing to Him a new song; play skillfully with a shout of joy.
4 Yahweh always does what he says that he will do; we can trust that everything that he does is right.
For the word of the LORD is upright, and all His work is trustworthy.
5 He loves everything that we do that is just and right. People all over the earth can know that Yahweh faithfully loves us.
The LORD loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of His loving devotion.
6 Yahweh created everything in the sky by commanding it. By what he said [MTY] he created all the stars.
By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth.
7 He gathered all the water into one huge mass like [someone scoops liquid] into a container.
He piles up the waters of the sea; He puts the depths into storehouses.
8 Everyone on the earth should revere Yahweh [DOU].
Let all the earth fear the LORD; let all the people of the world revere Him.
9 When he spoke, the world (was created/started to exist). Everything started to exist as a result of him commanding it.
For He spoke, and it came to be; He commanded, and it stood firm.
10 Yahweh frustrates the things that the [pagan] nations decide to do. He prevents them from doing the [evil] things that they plan to do.
The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples.
11 But what Yahweh decides to do will last forever. What he plans to do will never be changed.
The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the purposes of His heart to all generations.
12 Yahweh blesses those nations who choose him to be their God; He is pleased with those whom he has chosen to receive what he has promised.
Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people He has chosen as His inheritance!
13 Yahweh looks down from heaven and sees all us people;
The LORD looks down from heaven; He sees all the sons of men.
14 from where he rules [MTY], he looks down on all the people who live on the earth.
From His dwelling place He gazes on all who inhabit the earth.
15 He formed our inner beings, and he sees everything that we do.
He shapes the hearts of each; He considers all their works.
16 It is not because a king has a great army that he is able to win [battles], and it is not because a soldier is very strong that he is able to defeat [his enemy].
No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength.
17 It is foolish to trust that because horses are very strong that they will able to win a battle and save their riders.
A horse is a vain hope for salvation; even its great strength cannot save.
18 Do not forget that Yahweh watches over those who revere him, those who confidently expect him to faithfully love them.
Surely the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear Him, on those whose hope is in His loving devotion
19 He saves them [SYN] from dying [before they should die] and preserves them when there is a famine.
to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine.
20 We trust that Yahweh will help us; he protects us like a shield protects a soldier [MET].
Our soul waits for the LORD; He is our help and our shield.
21 We rejoice because of what he [has done for us]; we trust in him because he [MTY] is holy.
For our hearts rejoice in Him, since we trust in His holy name.
22 Yahweh, we pray that you will always faithfully love us while we confidently expect you [to do great things for us].
May Your loving devotion rest on us, O LORD, as we put our hope in You.
